72. rniEocHEOA. 299 



72. PH^OCHROA. 



Tj'pe. 

 Phpeochroa, Gould, Mon. Troch. p. 55 P. cuvieri. 



Bange. British Honduras and Guatemala to Colombia and Vene- 

 zuela. 



Key to tJte Species. 



a. Subterminal dark band of the lateral rectrices narro-^v ; 



basal two-thirds of the mandible flesh-colour cuvieri, p. 299. 



b. Subterminal dark baud of the lateral rectrices broad ; 



mandible wholly dark roherti, p. 300. 



1. Phaeochroa cuvieri. 



Trochilus cuvieri, Delattre ^ Bourc. Hev. Zool. 1845, p. 315. 

 Campylopterus cuvieri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 71 ; Reich. Troch. Union. 



p. 9, pi. 805. f. 4871 ; Gonkl, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 52 (Sept. 185G) ; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. 



p. 22 ; Elliot, \Syn. Troch. p. 27. 

 Aphantochroa cuvieri, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Cab. 8f Heine, 



Mus. Hein. iii. p. 14 ; Mills. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 137, 



iv. p. 150 ; Etides-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 161. 

 Cceligena clemencige 5 , Reich. Troch. Enmn. p. 3, pi. 687. f. 4517 



{apud Cab. Sj- Heine). 

 Phasochroa cuvieri, Gonld, Intr. Troch. p. 55 ; Scl. S)- Salv. P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 365 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 153, 1870, p. 205 ; Lawr. 



Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 121 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 202. 

 Polytmus cuvieri, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 125. 



Adult male. Above shining grass-green ; lateral rectrices tipped 

 with white and with a narrow subterminal dark band ; under sur- 

 face dull bronze-green, the feathers edged with grey ; middle of 

 the abdomen drab ; under tail-coverts pale greenish grey edged with 

 whitish ; bill black ; mandible, except the terminal third, flesh- 

 colour. Length 4-G inches, wing 2-7, tail 1-7, bill 1. 



Adult female. Like the male. 



Hah. Costa Rica, the State of Panama, Colombia, and Yenezuela. 



a. S ad. sk. Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. -s-.). 



Mirabaves, Costa Rica {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Bebedero, Nicoya, Costa Rica Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



{E. Arce). 



Bugaba, Panama (Arci). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



David, Panama ( Warszeiuiez). Gould Coll. 



Panama (M'Leannan). Sclater Coll. 



Lion Hill, Panama (M'Lean- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 na>i). 



I. Ad. sk. Paraiso, Panama {Hughes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



