416 TRocniLi. 



eight rectrices ; I think he nuist have overlooked the outermost, 

 which ill this fjcniis is small and acute. 



The tail, if the outermost rectrix is present, is similar in form to 

 that of C. rosd', the second and third rectrices being equal and 

 longest, neither of them tapering to a point. In G. bombus the 

 second rectrix is shorter than the third and tapers to a point. 



Only known from a young male specimen now in the Museum at 

 Buenos A}-res. 



Hab. Tucuman. 



4. Chsetocercus bombus. 



ChaJtocercus bombus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 80.3, 804 ; Muls. 



Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 228 ; Elliot, Si/n. Track, p. 122 ; 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 237, 1880, p. 206, 1882, p. 3o ; id. Orn. Per. 



i. p. 309 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 568, 1884, p. 306, 1885, 



p. 102. 

 Polyxemus bombus, 3£uls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 123, pi. 111. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining green ; throat glittering rosy 

 red, the same colour as that of C. rosce ; breast buff : middle of the 

 abdomen greyish ; flanks shining green ; under tail-coverts green, 

 edo-ed with white ; tail purple-black, including the four central 

 feathers, the edge of the inner web of the third rectrix from the 

 outside buff for half its length ; outermost and next rectrices acute, 

 the tip of the latter falling between that of the former and the third 

 or longest feather : bill black. Total length about 2-6 inches, 

 wing 1 ; tail, central rectrices 0-35, longest 0-2 ; bill 0-6. 



Female. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the head; 

 under surface cinnamon, paler on the sides of the neck and the 

 middle of the abdomen ; a dusky spot below the eye ; tail cinna- 

 mon ; a wide subterminal purple-black band. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a-c. S ad. ; d, e. Citado, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll. (Types 



9ad.sk. of the species.) 



/", ff. cJ ad. sk. Balsa, Ecuador (i>!«A-/ei!/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. (5'ad. ; 4. djuv. ; Jima, Ecuador (i?i<e/^/e?/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /, k. 2 ad. sk. 



I. 2 ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador (lUing- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 worth) . 



m S ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru [Stolzmann). Sclater Coll, 



n. S ad.; 0. $ ad. ? Gould CoU. 



sk. 



p. S juv. sk. Peru ? Salvin-Godman Coll. 



122. MYRTIS. „ 



Type. 



Lucifer ^. Myrtis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. y>- IS M. fanny. 



Myrtis, Cab. Sr Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 59 M. faimy. 



Zephyi-itis (Kyitis), Muls. ^ Verr. Class. Troch. p. 87 



(1865) M. yan-elli. 



Eudosia, Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Li/on, xxii. p. 228 (1875) M. yarrelli. 



Euclidia, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 114 (1877) M. yarrelli. 

 Ranrje. Western Ecuador and Western Peru. 



