10(!. RHoDoris. 379 



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

 coverts buff; lateral rectrices steel-blue, grey at the base and tipped 

 with white. Central rectrices 0-7 inch, lateral 1-1. 

 Hab. Bolivia. 



"-'■• rf' ^d- ; (f- ? Bolivia {Bridges ?). (4ouId Coll. (Probably the 

 *••"• ^'^•^ , tvpes of S. rufocaluiala.) 



t-g. S ad. ; h. $ Bolivia {Buckley). Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 i. d ad. ,sk. Bellavista, Bolivia Salvin-Godiiian Coll. 



{Buckle;/). 

 J. 2 ad. sk. Tilotilo, " Bolivia Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(Buckliy). 



10(3. RHODOPIS. 



Type 



Calliphlox y. Rhodopis, Eeic/t. Aufz. d. Col. -p. 12 R Vesper 



Rhodopis, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 154 (May 1856) . ." ' r! vesper 

 Amathusia (Rhodopis), Mills. Sf Verr. Class. Troch p 85 " 



(1865) .^.... R. vesper. 



liancje. Western Peru and Northern Chili. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger ; wing 2-15 vesper, p. 379. 



b. Smaller; wing 1-95 atacmnensis, p.380. 



1. Rhodopis vesper. 



Ornismya vesper, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-3Iouc7ies, pp. xv, 85, pi. 19 • 



id. Trail e d'Orn. p. f?78 ; d'Orb. i^- Lafr. Syri. Av. ii. p. 28. ' 



Trochilus vesper, Less. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xxiv. 

 Thaumastura vesper, Bp. Compt. Rend. xs^x. p. 383 ; id. Consp. Av 



i. p. 85. 

 Calliphlox y. Rhodopis vespera, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id Trorh 



Enum. p. 10, pi. 841. fl'. 4984-5. f , ■ a. 



Lucifer vesper, Bp. Rev. Zuol. 1854, p. 257. 

 Rhodopis vesper, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 154 (May 1856)- id 



Intr. Troch. p. 94; Scl. i,- Sal p. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987; Nafioti 



F. Z. S. 1871, p. 498; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 137; id. Syn. Troch. 



p. 115; Muk. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 23; id. Ann. Soc. 



Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 316. 

 Rhodopis vesper, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 55- Scl Cat 



Am. B. p. 299 ; id. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 148 ; Scl. ^- Sale. P Z S 



1868, p. 569. 

 Amathusia (Rhodopis) vespera, Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 85. 

 Calothorax vesper. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining olive-green, darker and browner 

 on the crown and forehead ; a band of rufous across the rump : 

 throat glittering reddish amethyst, passing into pale glittering blue 

 on the sides in certain incidence of light : rest of the under surface 

 dingj' white ; flanks washed with shining green ; central rectrices 



