W-2. KLAjs. 359 



d. cJ ad. ; e. J Cobau, Guatemala, Nov. (U. Salviu-tiodmuu & 



ad. sk. Salvin). Sclater Colls. 



/. S ad. sk. Coban (Skinner). Gould Coll. 



ff. (S ad. sk. Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala, tJalviu-Godmaii Coll. 



Sept., Oct. (O. Salvin). 



h. $ ad. sk. Pie de la Cuesta, San Marcos, Salvin-Gudman Coll. 



Guatemala, Nov. {W. B. 



Richardson) . 



i. S iid. slf. Purchased. 



102. KLAIS. 



: Type. 



Basilinna j3. Klais, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 K. guimeti. 



Guimetia, '■^ Reich." Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. p. 137 . K. guimeti. 



Klais, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 110 (Sept. 1857) K. guimeti. 



Range. Central America as far north as Nicaragua ; Colombia, 

 Venezuela, and the Upper Amazons Valley. 



1. Klais guimeti. 



Trochilus guimeti, Bourc. ^- Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi. 



p. 8«, pi. 2 (184:3j ; id. Rec. Zool. 1843, p. 12. 

 Basiliuna /3. Klais guimeti, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13. 

 Myiabeillia guimeti, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 253. 

 Klais guimeti, Gould, Alon. Troch. iv. pi. 110 (Sept. 1857) ; id. Intr. 



Troch. p. 119; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouchis, iii. p. 139, pi. 82; 



id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 221; Boucard, R. Z. S. 1878, 



p. 69; Mliot, Syn. Troch. p. 184; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 364; 



Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 319. 

 Mellisuga meritti, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. yii. p. 110 ; Gould, Ibis, 



1860, p. 309. 

 Basilinna guimeti, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 45. 

 Clais guimeti, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 304; Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, 



p. 196 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 155 ; Scl. ^ Salu. P. Z. S. 1867, 



p. 753, 1873, p. 288 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 37. 

 Adelomya guimeti, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 70. 

 Clais mentti, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 209 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 319. 

 Hylocharis guimeti, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 152. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green, blacker on the 

 back of the neck and upper back, bluer on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts ; crown and throat glittering violet-blue ; sides of the . 

 head black ; under surface grey, sides of the neck and Hanks washed 

 with green ; central rectrices bluish green, lateral steel-blue, green 

 at the base and narrowly tipped with white ; biU black. Total 

 length about 3-4 inches, wing 2, tail P2, bill 0-6. 



Female. Similar to the male, with a paler glittering blue crown ; 

 the under surface, however, is wholly pale grey, and the lateral 

 i-ectrices have larger white tips. 



Hub. Central America from Nicaragua to Panama; Colombia, 

 Venezuela, and the Upper Amazons Valley. 



a-c. S ti^l- sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d-f. dad.; (J. Costa Kica (i'«r7/(vs'). Salvin-Godman \- 



S juv. ; //, i. Gould ColLs. 



$ ad. sk. 



