398 ruocHiT-i. 



u'-x'. J ad. sk. San Martin, (iiiezaltenango, Salvin-(io(lman Coll. 



Oct. (W. B. R.). 

 V''. 6 ad.; s^. 2 El Riiicon, San Marcos, (Tua- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. temala, Oct. ( W. B. li.). 



7. Selasphorus ardens. 



Selasphorus ardens, 8(dv. P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 209; Muls. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois.-Moiic/ies, iv. p. 103, pi. 108 ; id. Ann, Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 

 p. '227 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 110 ; Sharpe inOoulfTs Mon. Track., 

 Sup2}l. pi. ;il (Jan. 188.3) ; Ridgio. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mua. vii. p. 14. 



Adult male. Similar to that of S. platycercus, but smaller ; upper 

 surface darker ; lores and ear-covert.s rufous, the latter mixed with 

 black ; central rectrices purple-black, edged towards the base with 

 cinnamon, lateral rectrices purple-black, iuner webs cinnamon 

 towards the base, and with a subterminal spot of the same colour. 

 Total length about 2-8 inches, wing 1-55, tail 1-15, bill 0-6.5. 



Young male. Throat with dusky or rosy-red discal spots ; lateral 

 rectrices cinnamon at the base, green in the middle, buif at the 

 tips, and with a dark subterminal band ; central rectrices shining 

 green, with dark tips and cinnamon bases. 



Hah, Panama. 



a. (S ad. ; b. S Castillo, Panama (Arcd). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



juv. sk. (Types of the species.) 



8. Selasphorus flammula. 



Selasphorus flammula, Salv. P. Z. S. 186-4, p. 586 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. ix. p. 123; Frantz. J.f. Orn. 1863, p. 315 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois.-Mouches, iv. pp. 09, 22l, pi. 107 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 113; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 70 ; RidyiD. Pr. if. S. Nat. Mus. v. 

 p. 497 ; Sharpe in Gould's Mon. Troch., Su/jpl. pi. 31 (Jan. 1883). 



Adult male. Similar to that of S. ardens, but the throat rather 

 pinker ; central rectrices shining green with cinnamon edges : lateral 

 rectrices purple-black, tips white, and with a narrow edging of 

 cinnamon on the inner web towards the base : base of the mandible 

 flesh-colour. Total length about 2-9 inches, wing 1'6, tail 1-1, 

 bill 0-5. 



Hab. Costa Rica. 



a. (S ad. sk. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rica (Arcs). (Type of the species.) 



114. TROCHILUS.* ^ 



Troehilus, Lmn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 189 T. colubrls. 



Cynanthus, Boie, Ism, 1831, p. 547 T. colubris. 



Selasphorus /3. Archilochus, Reich. Troch. Emirn. p. 10 . T. alexandri, 



* I do not know the bird from Santa Barbara, California, described by- 

 Mr. J. A. Jeffries as Trochilus vioi.ajugui.i'ji {Aid; v. p. 168, 1888). 



