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lateral rectrices rather smaller. The under surface of the female 

 is much whiter and less spotted with greeu discal spots. 

 Hub. Ecuador. 



«. cJ fid. ; b. 2 Pallatan;,^a, Ecuador, Oct., Nov. Sclater Coll. 



ad. sk. (Fraser). 



c. c? ad. ; d. $ Nanegal, Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



ad. sk. 



e. S Jid. sk. Mouji, Ecuadur {Bucklei/). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



/. (S ad. ; y. 5 Citado, Ecuador {Bucklei/). Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. 



k-j. (5' ad. ; k, /. (^uito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 



m, n. (J ad. sk. Ecuador {Bi(ckley). Gould Coll. 



0. (S ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



3. Spathura solstitialis. 



Spathura solstitialis, Gould, Ann. df Mag. N. II. 1871, viii. p. 62 ; 



id. Mon. Troch., iiujipL pi. 87 (Jan. 1881). 

 Stegauurus solstitialis, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois-Mouches, iii. p. 260 ; id. 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 224; Ellivt, Syn. Troch. p. 142; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 324 ; Tacz. 8f Berl. P. Z. !S. Ib85, p. 102. _ 

 Spathura cissiura, Gould, P. Z. S. 185-'), p. 100 ; id. Mon. Troch. iii. 



pi. 166 (May 18G0) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 100. 

 Stegauurus cissiurus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mits. Hei7i. iii. p. 66. 

 Uralia cissiura, Muls. i^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 81 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 265, iv. p. 220. 

 Steganura cissiura, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 144 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i 



p. 329. 



Adult male. Upper surtace shinijig grass-green ; throat and 

 breast glittering grass-green ; abdonien and under tail-covert.s 

 shining grass-green ; tibial tufts rufous ; central rectrices green 

 like the back, lateral steel-blue, the outer web of the outer rectrices 

 greyish; bill black. Total length about 4*8 inches, wing 1"75 ; 

 tail, central rectrices O'To, lateral 'I-ti ; bill 0"6. 



Fvmiile. Kalher lighter than the male on the upper surface ; 

 under surface white, each feather of the sides of the throat and the 

 Hanks with a shining green discal spot ; tibial tufts and under tail- 

 coverts pale rufous; central rectrices green, lateral steel blue, grey 

 at the base and tipped with white ; bill black. 



S. cissiura, Gould, is, I feel sure, an androgynous female of this 

 species. The outer webs of the outer rectrices are greyish as in the 

 normal male. That the type of S. cisdura is not a young male 

 appears certain from the fact that a young male before me has on one 

 side the outer rectrix like the female, whilst that on the other is a 

 growing feather like that of the adult male. The type of 6'. cis- 

 siura $ does not differ from that of S. sulstitialis. 



IS. cissiura is no doubt the older title for this species, but as it 

 was based upon an erroneous conception, I prefer to retain the 

 name IS. solstitialis for this bird. 



Mab. Ecuador and Peru. 



