382 TRocniLi. 



a-d. S ad. ; e, Duenas, Guatemala, Feb., Aug., Salvin-Godman & 



f. 5 ad. sk. vS: Nov. (O. Salviii). Sclater Colls. 



ff.'d ad.; h,i. Coban, Guatemala, Feb., Nov., Salviu-Godman Coll. 



d juv. ■,j. 2 Dec. (0. S. ^ F. D. G.). 

 ad. sk. 



/.-. (S juv. .*. Vera Paz, Guatemala {H. Hague). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



In. (S ad. ; o, Guatemala {Skinnir). Gould Coll. 



q. c? juv. sk. Guatemala ( Van Pattest). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Doricha elizae. 



Troclillus eliza, Less. 8r Del. Rev. Zool. 18.39, p. 20. 



Lucifer (3. Myrtis eliza, Eeich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13 ; id. Troch. Etium. 



p. 10, pi. 845. fF. 4996-8. 

 Lucifer eliza, Bj). Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. 

 Thaumastura elizag, Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 155 (May 1857); 



Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 289 ; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 17, pi. 

 Dorica elizse, Gould, Intr. TrocJi. p. 94; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 125 ; 



Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 451 ; Ferrari- Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



ix. p. 157. 

 Amathusia (Doricha) elizse, 3L(ls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 85. 

 Calothorax elizaj, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 135. 

 Amathusia (Doricha) elizse, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. 



p. 20. 

 Amalusia elizse, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 225. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining bronzy green, duller on the 

 crown ; throat glittering ruby-red ; a dusky spot below the eye ; 

 breast and middle of the abdomen white ; flanks washed with 

 shining golden green; under tail-coverts white tinged with buff; 

 four central rectrices shining olive-green, the three lateral on either 

 side purple-black, all but the outermost pair edged on the inner 

 web with rufous ; bill black. Total length about 3-9 inches, wing 

 1-45 ; tail, central rectrices 0-4, lateral 1-5; bill 0-9. 



Female. Upper surface like that of the male, but rather brighter ; 

 under surface white faintly tinged with buff, darker on the flanks ; 

 three lateral rectrices on either side pale rufous at the base, white 

 at the tip, and with a distinct black subtcrminal band. 



Young male. Like the female, but with the apical spots of the 

 lateral rectrices smaller, and the subterminal black band wider. 



Hab. Southern Mexico, Yucatan, and the islands adjoining. 



a-c. S ad. ; d. Jalapa, Mexico (de Oca). Gould & Sclater 

 2 ad. sk. Colls. 



c. 2 ^^- ^^- Cordova, Mexico (Salle). Gould Coll. 



/ c? ad. sk. Sisal, Yucatan, May (i'r. -Sc/w!;;!). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f/ h. cS ad. sk. Northern Yucatan (G. F. Gau- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 mer). 



i, j. S ad.; k. Holbox I., Yucatan, Dec. (6?. F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



S juv. sk. Gaumei-). 



I. cJ ad. St. Mexico. Purchased. 



