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green ; an irregular white patch on the rump ; a white rirtal stripe 

 on either side of a glittering tiery-red throat ; chin black, the feathers 

 as well as those of the gular spot edged with dusky white; middle 

 of the abdomen white ; rest of the under surface grey, flanks tinged 

 ■with shining green and with a white patch ; under tail-coverts 

 dusky brown tipped with white, central rectrices bronzy green, 

 lateral with a wide subterminal black band, white tips, and 

 greyish at the base on the inner webs ; bill black. Total length 

 about 5 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1"45, bill 1'5. 



Female. Like the male, but the bright gular spot cither smaller 

 or altogether absent. 



J-Jah. Central America, from Guatemala to Costa llica. 



a. 5 ad. sk. 



b-d. cJ ad.; e. Juv. 



sk. 

 t, (]. (S ad. ; /i, /'. 



Juv. sk. 



San Gerouimo, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. 1860 (O. S.). 

 Guatemala. 



Brbedero, Nicoya, Costa 

 liica (Arce). 



SalviD-Godnian 

 Goald CoUs. 



Salvin-Godman 

 Sclater Colls. 



& 



4. Floricola leocardise. 



Trochilus leocardias, L'ourc. Ann. Sc. Phijs. et Nat. Lyon, (2) iv. 



p. Ul (1802). 

 Heliomaster pinicola, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 261 (May 1853) ; 



de Oca, La Nat. i. p. 299. 

 Selasplioriis y. Heliomaster pinicola, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. 

 Heliomastes leoeardia, Bjj. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 251. 

 Heliomaster leocardise, Gould, Lntr. Troch. p. 140 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. 



p. 310 ; Muh. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 26 ; Latvr. Mem. Bost. 



Soc. N. H. ii. p. 292 ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 32 ; Muls. 



A717/. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 26. 

 P'loricola leocardiaj, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 84. 

 Heliomastes leocardise, Muls. Llist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 276. 



Very like P. constanti, but with the fiery gular spot much smaller, 

 the black of the chin spreading further down. 

 Hah. Mexico, chiefly on the western side. 



a. S juv. sk. 



b. S ad. sk. 



c,d. S .juv.; e,f. 2 

 ad. ; ff, h. Juv. sk. 

 i. c? ad. sk. 



;, k. c? ad. sk. 



/. J ad. sk. 



m. d ad. sk. 



n. S ad. sk. 



Sien-a de Alamos, Sonora, 



May ( W. Lloyd). 

 Presidio de Mazatlan, 



Mexico, Feb. {A.jF(»-rer). 

 Bolaiios, Jalisco, Feb. ( W. 



B. Richardson). 

 Valley of Mexico (Le 



Strange). 

 Dos Arroyos, Giierrero,Sept. 



& Oct.(Mrs.ILH.Smith). 

 li'io Papagaio, Guerrero, Oct. 



(Mrs. H. H.S.). 

 Alto de Camaron, Guerrero, 



Oct. (Mrs. H. II. S.). 

 "S'enta de Pelegrino, Guer- 

 rero, Oct. (Mrs.H.n.S.). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Sahin-Ciodnian Coll, 



