108. TILIIATURA. ;iSo 



108. TILMATURA. .,, 



Trvphffiiia, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 158 (.June 184!)) 



(nee Oehsenheimer, 1816) T. duponti. 



Tilmatura, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 T. dupouti. 



Range. Southern Mexico and Guatemala. 



1. Tilmatura duponti. 



Ornismya duponti, Less. Sitppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 100, pi. 1 ; de Oca, 



La Nat. iii. p. 103. 

 Troehilus duponti, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xxiv ; Gray, Hand-J. B. 



i. p. 146. 

 Ornismya coelestis. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 276. 

 Ornismya zemes. Less. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 315. 

 TrvpbaBna duponti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 84 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. 



pi. 158 (June 1849) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 97 ; .S'e^. S,- Salv. Ibis, 



1859, p. 129 ; Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 266 ; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. 



p. 79 ; Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 360. 

 Tilmatiu-a lepida, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 8 ; id. Troch. Enuni. p. 5, 



pi. 711. ft". 4610-4. 

 Thaumastura duponti, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. 

 Tilmatura duponti. Cab. 8)- Heine, Mas. Hein. iii. p. 59 ; Scl. Cat. 



Am. B. p. 300; Heine, J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 205; MuJs. Hist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 11, pi. 101 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 224 ; Rlliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 128 ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. 



Altis. ix. p. 157. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; throat black, 

 each feather edged with glittering violet-blue ; breast white ; abdo- 

 men shining grass-green ; the feathers of the lower abdomen and 

 the under tail-coverts edged with white ; four central rectrices 

 shining green, next pair dark purple-black, edged outwardly with 

 green, tipped with white, and with a white notch on the inner web ; 

 two outer rectrices on either side purple-black at the base, followed 

 by a band of rufous, then one of white, then a dark one, and the tip 

 white ; the outermost and longest pair are reduced in width towards 

 the tip, and expand slightly again to form a small spatule ; bill 

 black. Total length about 3-8 inches, wing 1-4 ; tail, central 

 rectrices 0-35, lateral 1-9 ; bill 0-6. 



Female. Upper surface bronzy green ; lores and under surface 

 rufous, darker below the eye, on the flanks, and under tail-coverts ; 

 central rectrices shining green ; lateral purple-black, tipped with 

 rufous, which becomes nearly white on the outermost pair. Central 

 rectrices 0-55 inch, lateral 0*85. 



Hah. Southern Mexico and Guatemala. 



a. (S in\.; b,c. Mexico? Purchased. 



2 ad. sk. 



d. cJ ad.; e. J Volcan de Colima, Mexico, Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. ( W. B. Richardson). 



