2. ClytolsBina aurescens. 



Trochilus (Lampornis) aurescens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 88. 

 Lampornis aurescens, Bp. Consp. i. p. 72. 

 Margarochrysis aurescens, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 11. 

 Uanipylopterus aurescens, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 2o0. 

 Clytoleema aurescens, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 250 (May 18G1) ; 



id. Intr. p. 134 ; 6W. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 194, 1867, pp. 753, 



5)79, 1873, p. 288 ; Mtils. Hi»t. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, ii. p. 225 ; id. 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 213; Elliot, Syji. Troch. p. 57; 



Eudea-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 254 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 387 ; 



d'Hamonv. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. xi. p. 316. 

 Polyplancta aurescens, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 182. 

 Trochilus aurescens, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 140. 

 GlytolEema azurescens (!), Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining green ; crown black viewed 

 from the front, with a glittering violet patch extending from the 

 forehead backwards on the middle of the crown to a point between 

 the eyes ; chin black ; sides and front of the neck glittering golden 

 green ; a wide pectoral band chestnut, darkest in the middle ; rest 

 of the under surf ace, including the under tail-coverts, shining golden 

 green ; edge of the outermost primary dusky white ; under wing- 

 coverts shining green, the longest purple-black ; central rectrices 

 golden green, lateral chestnut, tipped and edged with golden 

 green ; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 2-6 ; tail, 

 central rectrices 1"3, lateral 1"45 ; bill 1. 



Female. Similar to the male but duller, and the forehead dark 

 green like the crown not glittering blue. 



Young males have the crown like the back, the glittering violet 

 feathers being gradually assumed ; the neck is not so bright and 

 the chestnut pectoral band not so definite as in the adult. 



Hab. Valley of the Upper Amazons and its tributaries. 



a. c? ad. ; b. J Rotuno, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman & 



ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



e. (J ad. ; d. J Sarayacu, Ecuador (Btick/ey). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



e,f. cJ ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peru (J. Haiu- Gould Coll. 

 ivell). 



g, 5 ad. sk. Upper Amazons. E. Bartlett [C]. 



h-l. S ad. ;m. c? Pebas, Amazons, Feb., June, Salvin-Godman, 



juv. ; w, o. 5 & July [J. Haiuncell). Gould, & Sclater 



ad. sk. Colls. 



p. Juv. sk, Ega, Amazons. II. \V. Bates [C.]. 



