77. OEKOPi'EA. 307 



f-0. <S ad. ; ju- Volcan de Cluriqui {E. Arci). Salviii-Godmau, 



w. cTjiiv.;.!- Gould, & Sclater 



d. $ ad.sk. Colls. 



2. Oreopyra cinereicauda. 



Orenpyra cinereicaiida, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 4So, ix. p. 125; 

 )'. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. .316; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 206; 

 Boucai-d, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 68; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 

 IV. p. 16.3, pi. 116 ; id. Ann. Soc. Li?m. Lyon, xxii. p. 203 ; Elliot, 

 Si/n. Troch. p. 34 : Eudes-Ded. Ann. 31us. Caen, i. p. 243 ; Gould, 

 Man. Troch. Suppl. pi. 7 (April 1885). 



Oreopyra castaneiventris, Lnm: Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 125 (partim). 



Adult male. Like that of 0. hucaspis, but the crown is of a bluer 

 tint, and the tail instead of being steel-blue is grey, darker towards 

 the apex. 



Adult female. Like the females of the other species of Oreopyra, 

 the bill being rather longer than in 0. leucaspis and 0. calolcema. 



Hah. Costa llica. 



rt.dad.sk. Costa Rica (Car?«w/). Sal vin-Godniau Coll. 



h-d. cj' ad. ; e. Costa Eica. ' Gould Coll. 



$ ad. .sk. 



3. Oreopyra calolaema. 



Oreopyra calolffima, Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 584, 1867, p. 15.3, 1870, 



pp. 205, 206; Halmd. Atti R. Ace. Tor. 1868, p. 183; Lawr. 



A)m. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 125 : v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 316 ; 



Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 69 ; Muls. Hist. 'Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. 



p. 164, pl.ll7; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 203; Elliot, Syn. 



Troeh. p. 33 ; Eudes-Uesl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 239 ; Nutting, Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. V. p. 500 ; Sharpe in Gould, Man. Troch. Suppl. 



pi. 6 (April 1885). 

 Oreopyra veiiusta, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 484 ; Eudes-Desl. 



Anil. Mus. Caen, i. p. 240. 

 Antliocephala castaneiventris, Lator. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 124 ; 



V. Fra7itz. J.f. Orn. 181.9, p. 316. 

 Trochilus ealolcEmus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 138. 



Adult male. Upper surface dark shining grass-green, darker on 

 the rump ; crown glittering bluish green, edged toM'ards the nape 

 with green which looks black in certain aspects ; a long white post- 

 ocular stripe ; wings dark purple-black ; tail dark steel-blue-black ; 

 ear-coverts dark green ; throat metallic reddish purple ; chest 

 glittering green, abdomen ashy, flanks washed with green ; under 

 tail-coverts dark greyish, washed with green and edged with whitish ; 

 bill black. Total length about 4 inches, wing 2-o, tail 1-45, bill 1. 



Adult female. Upper surface like the male, but without the 

 glittering crown ; under surface uniform cinnamon, whitish on the 

 middle of the abdomen ; tail green, the outer rectrices with a black 

 subtcrminal bar, the tips white. 



In the young male the crown is dark shining green like the back, 

 and there is often an admixture of green on the throat, but the 

 chest is always more or less of a glittering hue. 



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