238 TKocnjLi. 



coverts purple-bronze ; crown aud sides of the throat glittering 

 green, middle of the throat black ; breast glittering blue; abdomen 

 gre)- ; flanks green ; under tail-coverts dark fuscous, edged with 

 whitish grey, central rectrices reddish bronze, lateral steel-blue : 

 maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, flesh-colour. Total length 

 about :3-i) inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-15, bill 0-8. 



Adult female. Upper surface, including the crown, shining grass- 

 green : upper tail-coverts and central rectrices as in the male ; 

 under surface greyish white, each feather of the throat with a green 

 discal spot : lateral rectrices tipped with greyish white. 



Hdh. Costa llica and Panama (except Chiriqui) ; Colombia and 

 Ecuador. 



a, b. cS ad. ; c. Costa Rica {Eiulres). Salvin-Ciodman & 



$ ad. .«k. Gould Colls. 



d, e. S ad. sk. Line of Railway, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Arce). 

 f,g. d' ad. ; h, Lion Hill, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godoian, Gould, 



V. 2 ad. sk. & Sclater Colls. 



/, k. S ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Huyhes ) . 

 I. tS ad. ; m. 2 Chepo, Panama {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 n. (S ad. sk. Antioquia. Colombia {Sal- Salvin-Godman Cob. 



iiKin). 

 o. (S ad. sk. Quindiu Mts., Colombia Gould Coll. 



( Warszewiez). 

 t>-t. (S ad. ; u. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & 



cJ juv. ; V, ir. Gould Colls. 



2 ad. sk. 

 .r,«/. cj ad. sk. Esmeraldas, Ecuador Gould Coll. 



( Fra.^er). 

 z. S ad. .sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador ('/////(/y- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



irorth ). 



2. Polyerata decora. 

 Damophila amabilis, Sah. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 211 {nee Gnuld). 



Adult male. Similar to that of P. amalnJis, but the bill longer, 

 the glittering feathers of the crown extended to the nape, and the 

 upper tail-coverts and central rectrices dark shining green, without 

 reddish or purple shade. Length of bill l-l inch. 



Adult female has also a long bill, and upper tail-coverts and 

 central rectrices dark green without purple shade. 



I have long hesitated to separate this bird from P. amabilis, but 

 am now convinced of its distinctness. Its range is probably very 

 restricted, and confined to the western slopes of the Volcano of 

 Chiriqui. On the eastern side the range of P. amabilis is probably 

 continuous from Costa Rica to Panama. 



Hab. Chiriqui. 



a, b. d ad. ; c. 2 Vulcan de Chiriqui {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad.sk. (Types of species.) 



d, e. (S ad. sk. Bugaba, Chiriqui {ArcPj. Gmdd Coll. 



