97. agl5:actis. 351 



ti~p. J ad. ; y-s. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman & 



$ ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



t. (S ad. sk. Cutervo, Peru (Stolzmmin). Sclater Coll. 



M, V. Ad. sk. Peru ( Warszewiez). Gould Coll. 



(Types of ^. parvula, Gould.) 

 w. Ad. at. Purchased. 



2. Aglseactis caumatonota. 



Aglseactis caumatonota, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. ]2 ; id. Intr. Troch. 

 p. 106 ; id. Mon. Troch., Snppl. pi. 49 (Aug. 1880) ; Bp. Consp. Av. 

 i. p. 73 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 190 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 643 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 342 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 

 lii. p. 26, iv. p. 215 ; id. Ann. Sac. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, 

 Syn. Troch. p. 186; Berl. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 561. 



Helianthea b. Aglseactis caumatonotus, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9. 



Aglaiactis caumatonota, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 70. 



Aglseactis cupreipennis, var. caumatonota, Muls. .§• Verr. Class. 

 Troch. p. 66. 



Aglseactis olivaceocauda, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 470. 



Adult male. Similar to that of A. cupreipennis, but rather darker, 

 especially on the chin, breast, and flanks, the pale pectoral spots 

 thus showing more plainly ; lower back richer amethyst, with less 

 glittering golden green on the rump and with the upper tail-coverts 

 purplish amethyst ; bill wholly black. Total length about 4* 7 inches, 

 wing 3*1 ; tail, central rectrices 1*65, lateral 1'85 ; bill 0-9. 



Female. Similar to the male, but rather paler, and the lower part 

 of the back less bright. 



Hah. Peru. 



a. Juv. sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. cJ ad.; c-e. Cachupata, Peru, Oct., Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 $ ad. sk. {H. miitely). 



3. Aglseactis castelnaudi. 



Trochilus castelnaudi, Bourc. Sf Mtds. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 270. 

 Aglseactis castelnaudi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 73 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 2n3 ; Des Murs in Casteln. Voy. i. p. 38 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. 



iii. pi. 180 (Mav 1857) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 107 ; Whitely, P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 190 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 544 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 343 ; 



Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 21, iv. p. 215; id. Ann. Sac. 



Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 218 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 187. 

 Helianthea fi. Aglseactis castelnaudi, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 9; id, 



Troch. Enum. p. 6. pi. 739. ff. 4693-4. 

 Aglaiactis castelnaudi, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 69. 



Adult male. Similar to the preceding species, but with darker 

 plumage, especially on the under surface, which is dark brown, a 

 spot on the throat and the middle of the abdomen alone being dark 

 rufous ; the pectoral tuft of elongated plumes is conspicuous, being 

 white instead of buflP, and the glittering feathers of the upper surface 

 are of a purple-amethyst, without any admixture of golden or grass- 

 green. 



