63. BAsiLriorA. 253 



Ornisinya arsennii, Less. Sist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. xxvii, xlvi, GO, 



pi. 2 ; id. Sitppl. p. 152, pi. 27. 

 Trocliilus ai'seunii, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxxix. 

 Thaumatias leucotis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 78. 

 Basiliuna leucotis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 : Cah. 1^- Heine, Mus. 



Hcin. iii. p. 45 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207 ; Elliot, Syn. 



Troch. p. 227 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 477 ; 8alv. Cat. 



Strickl. Coll. p. 360. 

 Sapphiionia lucida, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 256 : Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 297, 1859, p. 386. 

 Ileliopredica melanotis, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 64 (May 1858) ; id, 



Intr. Trodi. p. 60. 

 Heliopedica melanotis, Scl. ^- Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 130 ; Salt'. Ibis, 



1860, pp. 195, 263, 271 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 289 ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 176; A. Diif/i'S, La Nat. i. p. 141 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 365 ; 



de Oca, La Nat. iii, p. 28 ; Boucard, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) 



xxii. p. 14. 

 Hylocharis melanotis, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 38. 

 Cosligeua leucotis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouches, i. p. 187. 

 Heliopsedica leucotis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 3, vi. 



p. 186. 

 Hylocharis leucotis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 151, 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, becoming blacker 

 towards the nape and posterior part of the crown, more golden on 

 the rump and tail ; face and chin glittering blue, a long post- 

 ocular streak pure white ; breast glittering green ; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts shining green, the latter edged with greyish 

 white ; central rectrices shining golden green, the lateral steel-blue 

 tipped with green ; bill flesh-colour, tip black. Total length about 

 3'5 inches, wing 2, tail 1*2, bill O'Go. 



Female. Upper surface shining golden green ; crown and nape 

 dark brown with rufous edges ; postocular streak white, beneath 

 which is a black spot passing under the eye ; under surface dusky 

 white, the throat buff and spotted with dusky, flanks with green 

 discal spots ; under tail-coverts whitish, with dusky discs ; lateral 

 rectrices tipped with greyish white ; bill nearly black. 



Young male. Similar to the female, the glittering feathers of the 

 breast and face being gradually assumed. 



Hub. Mexico and Guatemala. 



a. cS ad. sk. Tutuaca, Chihuahua, March Salviu-Godman Coll, 



( W. Lloyd). 



b. (S juv. sk. Sierra de Victoria, Tamau- Salviu-Godman CoU, 



Upas, April (J-F. B. Rich- 

 ardson), 

 c-f. cJad. ; y-i. Sierra de San Luis Potosi, Salvin-Godmau CoU. 



2ad.sk. inly (W. B. R.). 



j. cJ ad. ; h. S Ciudad Durango, June and Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



juv.; /. 2ad.sk. 3vl\ {A. Forrer). 

 VI, n. S ad. ; o. Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacatecas Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



c? juv. ; p, q. Aug. ( W. B. R.). 



2 ad. sk. 

 r, s. cS ad. ; t. cS Sierra de Nayarit, Jalisco, July Salviu-Godman Coll. 



juv.; (^ 2 ad.sk. {W. B. R.). 



