314 TROCHILI. 



SO. LAMPROL^MA. ^^^ 



Laniprolrcma, Goulil, Moa. Truck, ii. pi. 01 (May 1850) . . L. rbami. 



Itange. Southern Mexico and Guatemala. 



1. Lamprolaema rhami. 



Oinismya rbami, Less. Rev. Zvol. 1838, p. 315; Less. ^ Ddattre,RcL\ 



Zoo;.'l83'J, p. 13. 

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

 Jlelattria rhami, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 297, 1859, p. 367. 

 Ileliodoxa S. Lamproltema rhami, Reich. Troch. Enwn. p. 6, pi. 746. 



ft: 4712-13. 

 LaraproL-ema rhami, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 61 (May 1856) ; id. 



Intr. Troch. p. 59; Scl. ^ Sale. Ibis, 1859, p. 129; Salv. Ibis, 



1859, p. 468, 1860, p. 196; Cab. Sr Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 30; 



Clytolaema rhaaii, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 59. 

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



Adult male. Upper surface grass-green, brighter on the crown, 

 duller on the riimp : wings chestnut-red — the larger coverts, the 

 secondaries narrowly, and the primaries widely edged with black ; 

 tail deep reddish purple ; throat rosy red, on either side black ; 

 chest rich purple ; abdomen dull black, the flanks washed with 

 dark green ; under tail-coverts purple black ; bill black. Total 

 length about 5 inches, wing 3-2, tail 2, bill 0-8. 



Adult female. Under surface dark greyish brown, the feathers of 

 the chest and flanks with obscure greenish spots ; the throat usually 

 has a few of the rosy-red feathers of the male. 



In the maturing young males the throat-patch extends, and the 

 chest gradually changes from green to blue ; the dark edges of the 

 wing-feathers become narrower. 



Hab. Southern Mexico and Guatemala, in mountain-forests at an 

 elevation of from GOOO to 8000 feet. 



a-c. (S ad. ; d. $ Cofre de Perots, Mexico, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. & Nov. (M. Trujillo). 



e-g (S ad sk. Coatepec (Jalapa), Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. {M. T.) 



/(. (5 jiiv. ; z. $ Coatepec (Jalapa), July [F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. Ferrari-Perez), 



j. S ad. sk. Jalapa, July {M. T). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k, I. c? ad. sk. Jalapa (de Oca). Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



711-0. S ad. ; p. Cordova, Mexico {Salic). Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



q. 2 ad. sk. S. Mexico (Floresi). Gould Coll. 



