418 TROCHILI. 



1\, I. S ad. : m. S Ecuador. Salviii-Godman Coll. 



iuv.; 11. 2 fid. 



"sk. 



0. $ ad. sk. Ectiador. Tj. Fraser [C]. 



p, q. Juv. sk. Lima, Peru (Nation). Sclater Coll. 



r. (^ juv. sk. Lima (A. 11. Markhani). Sahin-GodmanCoU. 



s-u, (S ad. ; v, ic. Islav, Peru, Jan., Aug-., Oct. Salvin-Godman & 



2 ad. sk. (H. Wkilehj). Gould Colls. 



.V. (J ad. sk. Peru ( Warszeiciez). Gould Coll. 



!/. $ ad. skeleton. Gould Coll. 



2. Myrtis yarrelli. 



Trochilus yan-elli, Bourc. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 45. 



Calothoi-ax yarrelli, Gould, Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 152 (May 18-52). 



Lucifer 5. Calo thorax yarrelli, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 13; id. Troeh. 



Enum. p. 10, pi. 850. ff. 5014-6. 

 Tryphpena yarrelli, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. 

 Myrtis yan-elli, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 93; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 136 ; mutely, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 187 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. 



p. 137 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. i. p. 311. 

 Eulidia yarrelli, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouehes, iv. p. 115 ; id. Ann. 



Soc. Linn. Byon, xxii. p. 228. 



Adult male. Upper surface shiniug olive-green ; thi'oat glittering 

 violet-red ; rest of the under surface -white, flanks faintly tinged 

 with green ; short central rectrices and the next pair coloured 

 like the back, the three lateral rectrices on cither side uniform 

 blackish brown ; bill black. Total length about 3-1 inches, wing 

 1-2, tail 1-2, bill 0-55. 



Female. Upper surface shining golden green, duller on the 

 crown ; under surface white, slightly tinged with buff on the sides 

 of the neck, flanks, and upper tail-coverts ; central rectrices coloured 

 like the back ; lateral buff at the base, broadly tipped with white, 

 and with a wide subterminal black band. 



Hah. South-western Peru and Western Bolivia. 



a. cf ad. ; h. $ ad. sk. Arica, Peru. Gould Coll. 



c. S ad. ; d. 9 ad. sk. [Peru.] Gould Coll. 



123. THAUMASTURA. 



Type. 



Thaumastura, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. b5 (1850) T. cora. 



Heliactin (Thaumastura), Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. 



p. 91 (1805) T. cora. 



Range. Western Peru. 



1. Thaumastura cora. 



Ornismya cora, Less. ^ Gam. Voy. Coq. pi. 13. f, 4 ; Less. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois.-Muuches, pp. xxi, 53, pi. 6 ; id. Hist. Nat. Troch. pp. 109, 

 111, pis. 39, 40 ; d'Orb. ^ Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 31. 



Trochilus cora. Less. hid. Gen. Troch. p. xxxii. 



Trochilus (Phaetornis) cora, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 245. 



Thauma.stura cora, Bp. Consj}, Av. i. p. 85; id. Bev. Zool. 18.54, 



