220 TRocniLi. 



Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 299; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 206 ; 



Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 382. 

 Eratina iodura, Heine, J.f. Orn. 18G3, p. 190. 

 Ainazilia iodiira, Elliot, Si/n. Track, p. 223 ; Sharpe in Goukfs Mofi. 



Troch. Suppl. (March 1887). 

 Saucerottia iodura, Eudes-I)esl. Ann. Miis. Caen, i. p. 418, 



" Capite, collo, pectore, dorso superiore tectricibusqvie alarum 

 splendide viresccntibns, gala paululum alba intermixtis ; alis cae- 

 ruleo-virescentibus laHssirae pallide fulvescente-limbatis ; cauda 

 splendide purpureo-violacea : abdoraiue fulvesccnte ; crisso albido. 

 Long, tota '6" Ji'", al. 2", caud. 1" 2'", rostr. culm. 9'". 

 Hah. Colombia." {Cab. ^ Heine, I. s. c.) 



Unknown to me. 



19. Amazilia lucida. 



Amazilia lucida, Elliot, Ann. S)- Mag. N. H. 1877, xx. p. 404 ; id. Syn. 



Troch. p. 2^3 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 183 ; Sharpe 



in Gould's Mon. Troch. Suppl. (MarcL 1887). 

 Pyrrhophsena lucida, Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 332. 

 Amazilis lucidus, Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 408. 



"Adult. Crown of the head dark metallic grass-green ; upper sur- 

 face shining grass- green, lighter than the head ; upper tail-coverts 

 golden bronze. Throat, breast, abdomen, and Hanks metallic grass- 

 green ; a light mouse-coloured spot on the lower part of the abdo- 

 men. Thighs white, feathers fluff)-. Under tail-coverts dark bronzy 

 brown edged with white. Wings dark purple. Tail reddish bronze, 

 darkest in the centre along the shafts, with the tips of the lateral 

 rectrices bluish black, their edges reddish bronze. This bluish-black 

 colour almost resolves itself into a subtermiual bar, and is espe- 

 cially conspicuous on the underside of the tail, l^ill brownish red, 

 flesh-colour in life, tip black. Total length 3-5 inches, wing 2-12, 

 tail 1"25, culmen 3'75. 



" Hah. Colombia." {Elliot, I. s. c.) 



I am unacquainted with this bird, which from the description 

 seems allied to A. viridiventris. 



20. Amazilia cupreicauda. 



Amazilia cupreicauda, Salv. «§• Godm. Ibis, 1884, p. 452 ; Salv. Ibis, 

 1885, p. 483 ; Sharpe in Goidd's Snpjjl. Truck, pi. 56 (March 



1887). 



Adidl male. Upper surface shining coppery bronze, becoming 

 more coppery on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown and under 

 surface glittering grass-green, becoming duller on the abdomen ; 

 under tail-coverts dark cinnamon or cliestuut ; tail chestnut, washed 

 with purple-bronze : maxilla black ; mandible flesh-colour, the tip 

 black. Total length about 3*5 inches, wing 2, tail 1'15, bill 0-8. 



Female. Similar to the nuile. 



Hah. Guiana, 



