310 



2. Delattria margarethae. 



Uelattria margaretbje, Salv. Sf Godin. Ibis, 1889, p. 239. 



Adult male. Similar to that of D. henrid, but with the throat of 

 a violet hue, not rosj- red. 



Hub. Mexico, Sierra Madre del Sur, at an elevation of 8000 feet. 



H'l. c? ad.; «i- Omilteme, Guerrero, July & .\ug. Sal vin-Godman Coll. 

 p. $ ad. slv. {Mrs. H. H. Smith). (Types of the species.) 



3. Delattria viridipallens. 



Trochilus viridipallens, Bowc. ^- Muls. Ann. So. P/n/s. et Nat. 



Li/on, ix. p. 321 (1840). 

 Delattria viridipallens, £p. Consp. i. p. 70 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. 



pi. 03 (May 1855); id. Intv. Troeh.^. 00; Scl. S,- Salv. Ibis, 1859, 



p. 129; Sah. Ibis, 1859, p. 468, 1800, pp. 195, 2(52, 263 ; Scl. Cat. 



Am. B. p. 289 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mies. Caen, i. p. 235. 

 Agyrtria viridipallens, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 10 ; id. Troch. JEnum. 



p. 7, t. 758. if. 4746-47. 

 Thaumantias viridipallens, Sp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255. 

 Chariessa viridipallens, F. Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 178. 

 Lampornis viridipallens, Mtds. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 24. 

 Coelig'ena viridipallens, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Moteches, i. p. 185, It. 



p. 159; id. Ann. Soc. Linjj.Lymi, xxii. p. 203; Elliot, Sijn. Troch. 



p. 31. 

 Topaza viridipallens. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 134. 



Adult male. Upper surface bronze-green, becoming pure green 

 on the crown, bronze on the rump, the longest tail-coverts being 

 dark greyish purple lilie the middle rectrices, outer reetrices paler 

 and greyer ; a long postocular white stripe ; ear-coverts greenish 

 black ; under surface white, the throat-feathers with a pale green 

 discal spot, flanks and sides of the breast washed with dull green ; 

 under tail-coverts dull greyish ; bill black. Total length about 

 4-4 inches, wing 2-7, tail l-Oo, bill 0-9. 



Adult female. Like the male, but the whole under surface, includ- 

 ing the throat, white ; the lateral rectrices tipped with greyish. 



Ilah. Guatemala, Highland forests at an elevation of from 5000 

 to 7000 feet. 



a-i. S fid. ;_/. $ Santa Maria, near Quezaltenango, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. ' Guatemala, Aug., Sept. {W. 

 B. Richardson), 



k S ^^- » '• $ P^® ^^ ^^ Cuesta, San Marcos Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. ( W. B. R.). 



VI. S ^^- i '*> "• Vtilcau de Fuego, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. Sept. (0. S. S^ F. D. G.). 



p. c? ad.; q. 2 Chilasco, Guatemala, Jan. (O. S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. c5- F. D. G.). 



r, s. c? ad. sk. Cuban, Guatemala, Nov. (O. <S'.). Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



t, II. r? ad. ; v, Guatenialn (Skinner). Gould T'oU. 



u: 2 ad. sk. 



