284 TitocniLT. 



«-/.-. Ad sk. (Cayeune nialic.) Salvin-Godman, Gould, 



& Sclater Colls. 

 /, Hj.Acl.sk. Trinidad. Gould Coll. 



5. Pygmornis idaliae. 



Troehilus idalias, Bourc. Sf Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) iii. p. 187 



(1856). 

 riiaethovnis obscura, Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 14 ; id. Mon. Troch. i. 



pi. uS ( May 18-j8). 

 Pygmoruiti obscura, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7. 

 Pliaetlioruis viridicaudata, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 3.3 (May 1868). 

 Pygmornis viridicaudata, Cab. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7. 

 Pygornis idaliae, Muls. &i Ven: Class. Troch. p. 19. 

 Pygmornis idalite, Gould, Litr. Troch. p. 48 ; Salv. e^- Elliot, Ibis, 



1873, p. 270 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 90, pi. 8 ; id. 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201. 

 Pygmornis aspasise, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 47 (nee Bourc. 8f Mttls.). 

 Pliaetbornis idaliae, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 19. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark shining green (darker and more 

 bronzy on the crown and nape), each feather -with a dusky edge ; 

 upper tail-coverts like the back ; postocular and malar stripes buff ; 

 ear-coverts black ; under surface dark grey, chestnut on the throat, 

 and nearly black on the chin ; under tail-coverts white ; tail bronzy 

 green, each feather tipped with buff, the outermost pair with buif : 

 bill black, the basal two-thirds of the mandible yellow. Total length 

 about 3-5 inches, wing 1'4, tail 1-15, bill 0'95. 



Female. Like the male on the upper surface ; beneath more 

 rufescent ; the tail longer. 



Hah. Brazil. 



a, b, S ad. .sk. " Interior of Brazil " {Bour- Gould Coll. (Typical 

 cier). specimens.) 



c. c? ad. sk. Brazil (Rio make). Gould Coll. (Type of 



P. obscurus.) 



d. S ad. sk. Br.azil. Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 e,f. $ ad. sk. " Interior of Brazil." Gould Coll. (Types of 



P. viridicaudatus.) 



6, Pygmornis episcopns. 



Pliaetlioruis episcopus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1 857, p. 14 ; id. Mon. Troch. 



i. pi. .39. I 2 (Sept. 1859) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 48; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch: p. 20. 

 Pygomis episcopus, Mtds. St Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19. 

 Pygmornis episcopus, Cah. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7 ; Salv. ^ 



Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 274. 

 Troehilus longuemai'eus, Cab. in Schonib. Guiana, iii. p. 709. 

 Pygmornis longuemarus, Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 431 {nee Lesson). 



Adult male. Upper surface rich shining golden bronze, darker on 

 the crown ; rump rufous ; postocular stripe, under surface, and under 

 tail-coverts rufous ; a purple-black pectoral band ; tail rich bronze, 

 narrowly tipped with l)uff, the lateral rectrices subterminally purple- 



