122. MYRTIS. 411 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Throat glittering caeriileau blue, bordered beneath 

 by violet ; four lateral rectrices on either side 

 equal in width and length fanny, p. 417. 



h. Throat glittering violet-red ; three lateral rectrices 

 on either side equal in length, very naiTow and 

 acute yarrelli, p. 418. 



1. Myrtis fanny. 



Ornismya fanny, Less. Ann. Sc. Nat. (2) ix. p. 170 (1838) ; id. Bee. 



Zool. 1838, p. 314. 

 Trochilus labrador, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ii. p. 389, 



pi. 8 (1839) ; Delattre, Bev. Zool. 1846, p. 311. 

 Lucifer /3. Myrtis fanny, Beich. Aiifz. d. Col. p. 13. 

 Lucifer /3. Myrtis labrador, Beich. Troch. Enum. p. 10, pi. 844. ff. 



4992-5. 

 Lucifer labrador, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. 

 Calothorax fanny, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 151 (Sept. 1856) ; Gray, 



Iland-l. B. i. p. 135. 

 Calothorax fannije, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 459. 

 Myrtis fanny. Cab. 8) Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 59 ; Gould, Intr. 



Troch. p. 93 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iv. p. 33 ; id. Ann. 



Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 226 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 127 ; Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 238, 1880, p. 206, 1882, p. 35 ; id. Orn. Per. i, 



p. 312 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 425 ; Berl. ^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 306. 

 Mvrtis fannias, Goidd, Intr. Troch. p. 93. 

 Thaumastura fraucescffi, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 299 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, 



p. 146, 1871, p. 498. 

 Zephvi-itis (Myitis) fannyse, Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 89. 

 Myrtis francesc£e, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 987, 1868, p. 569. 



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

 crown, lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; throat glittering 

 caeruleau blue, bordered below by violet ; breast, middle of the 

 abdomen, and under taU-coverts white, flanks washed with shining 

 green ; four outer rectrices on either side purple-black, the inner- 

 most tinged with green on the upper surface ; bill black. Total 

 length about 3-5 inches, wing 1*5, tail 1"2, bill 0-8. 



Female. Upper surface shining olive-green, duller on the crown ; 

 under surface cinnamon, paler on the throat, white on the middle 

 of the abdomen ; central rectrices coloured like the back ; lateral 

 cinnamon at the base, broadly tipped with white, and with a wide 

 black subterminal band. 



Hah. Western Ecuador and Peru. 



a. S ^^- j ^- ? Monji, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 



c. S ad. sk. Intac, Ecua-doT (Bzickley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d, e. (5 ad. ; /, y. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 

 6 juv. ; h, i. 



2 ad. sk. 

 }'. Ad. sk. Puellaro, Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll. 



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