n^. c? juv. ; 0^. 

 2 ad. sk. 



q^, )-^. (S ad. sk. 

 s^, i^ Skeletons. 



63. BASILINNA. 



Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan. 



1862 (0. S. .5- F. D. G.). 

 Coban, Guatemala, . Nov. 



(0. S.). 

 Guatemala (Skinner). 



255 



Salviu-Godmau Coll , 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 



2, Basilinna xantusi. 



Amazilia xautu.si, Lmvr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 109. 

 Heliopedica castaneocauda, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 145. 

 Ilelioposdica sautusi, Gould, Lbh, 1860, p. .309 ; id. Mon. Track, ii. 



pi. 65 (:May 1861) ; id. Lntr. Track, p. 61 ; IJlliot, B. N. A7n. i. 



pi. 22 ; de Oca, La^ Nat. iii. p. 161 ; 3Iuls. ffist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, 



ii. p. 3, iv. p. 186 ; id. Attn. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 207. 

 Basilinua xantusi, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 196 ; Elliot, Syn. Track. 



p. 227 ; Eudes-Desl. Ami. ilus. Caen, i. p. 479 : Beldinq, Pr. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. V. p. 542. 

 Hyloeharis xautusi, Mids. ^- Verr. Class. Track, p. 38. 

 Coiligena xautusi, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouckes, i. p. 190, pi. 16. 



Achdt male. Upper surface shining green ; anterior half of the 

 crown, chin, and the region below the ej'e black with a tinge of very- 

 dark blue ; throat glitteriug green ; middle of the abdomen chest- 

 nut; flanks washed Avith green; tail dark chestnut, the central 

 rectrices edged and tipped with shining golden green ; bill flesh- 

 colour, the tip black. Total length about 3-5 inches, wing 2, tail 

 1-2, bill 0-7. 



Female. Upper surface, including the central rectrices, shining 

 green, duller on the crown ; under surface buff ; middle of the 

 abdomen nearly white ; lateral rectrices chestnut : maxilla black ; 

 mandible flesh-colour, the tip black. 



Hab. Lower California. 



a. S ad. sk. 



b. S ad. sk. 



c. S ad. ; d. $ 

 ad. sk. 



e,f. S ad. sk. 



Agua Escondida, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, Nov. (Xantus). 



Mts. 20 miles S. of La Paz, L. 

 California, Mar. {Belding). 



Triumfo, L. California, April 

 (-ff. W. Henshaw). 



San Jose del Cabo, L. California. 

 July {H. W. Henskaiv). 



Gould Coll. (Typical 



specimen.) 

 Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



