286 



e-g. Ad. sk. Para. 



h-k. Ad. sk. Uiazil (JJahia make). 



/, m. Ad. sk. Brazil. 



n t. Ad. sk. Brazil (Uio make). 



u,v. Ad.sk. N. Friboiirg-o, Brazil (Youds). 



tp. Ad. sk. Brazil {Royvrs). 



X. Ad. sk. Eiigeulio do Gama, Matto Grosso, 



Sept. (JVatterer). 



y, z. Ad. sk. Guanai, Bolivia {Buckley), 

 a' . Ad. St. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould OoU. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Goidd Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Purchased. 



S. Pygmornis nigricinctus. 



Phaetliornis nigricinctus, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 260 (1858) ; 



Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 39. f. 1 (Sept. 1859) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 20 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 34, 

 Pygmornis nigricinctus, Cab. 4" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7 ; Sol. ^" 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 75.3, 979, 1873, p. 287 ; Salv. ^f Elliot, Ibis, 



1873, p. 274 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-MoucJtes, i. p. 108 ; id. Ann. 



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



Closety allied to P. pygmceus, but with the tip only of the mandible 

 black, the rest yellow. 



Hah. Upper Amazons VaUey. 



a, b. cJ ad. ; c. 



$ ad. sk. 

 d-tn. c? ad. : n. 



$ ad. sk.' 

 0,2}. Ad. sk. 

 (J. Ad. sk. 



Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Pebas, Amazons, Feb., April, 

 June {J. Haux'icell). 



Upper Amazons {E. Bartlett). 



Upper Rio Negro {A. E. Wal- 

 lace) , 



Salvin-Godman 

 Gould Colls. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



& 



68. SPHENOPEOCTUS. 



Type. 



Sphenoproctiis, Cab. ^" Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 11 S. pampa. 



Pampa, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11 S. pampa. 



Range, Southern Mexico and Guatemala. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Crown dark shining blue ; bill shorter pampa, p. 286. 



b. Crown paler blue ; bill longer curmpennis, p. 287. 



1. Sphenoproctus pampa. 



Ornismya pampa, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, Suppl. p. 127, 



pi. 15 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 18. 

 Trochilus pampa. Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. vi. 

 Gampylopterus pampa, Bp. Consp. i. p. 76 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 250; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. p. 43 (Sept. 1855); Sol. ^ Salv. 



Ibis, 1859, p. 127 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 260 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. 



p. 287 ; Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 22. 



