124. LopnoRNis. 425 



7. Lophornis helense. 



Omismva helenae, Delattre, Echo du Monde Sav. 1843, p. 1068 ; id. 



Rev. 'Zool. 184;3, p. 1:J.3. 

 Lophornis helenaj, Bp. Consp. Ai\ i. p. 83; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, 



p. 257 ; Reich. Anfz. d. Cut. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Enujn. p. 9, pi. 811. 



f. 4SU2; Gould, Hon. Troch. iii. pi. 123 (Sept. 1855); id. Ititr. 



Troch. Y). 84; ,Scl. ^- Scdv. Ibis, 1859, p. 1-30; Salv. Ibis, 1860, 



pp. 194, 196, 267; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 295; de Oca, La Nat. iii. 



p. 300, pi. — ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 135. 

 Papbosia helense, Mnls. i^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 75 ; Muls. Hist. 



Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 205, pi. 91. f. 2; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 222; Boucard. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 70. 

 Trochilus helenae, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 14G. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining golden hronze ; the rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail like the other species of this group ; 

 crown dark glittering green, the feathers of its sides much elon- 

 gated, tapering rather abruptlj-, and ending in long narrow black 

 plumes ; throat glittering green, rounded below, and bordered by 

 black feathers reflecting dark purple in certain incidence of light ; 

 some of the lateral feathers of this black band are elongated and cin- 

 namon on their inner webs ; below the black is a dark shiniiig 

 golden band ; abdomen white, spangled with golden spots ; under 

 tail-coverts cinnamon ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total length 

 about 3 inches, wing 1-6, tail 1, bill 0-6. 



Female. Crown shining golden bronze, darker than the back and 

 without elongated lateral feathers ; throat buflf'y white, each feather 

 with a dark golden discal spot ; a large black spot below the eye. 



Hab. Southern Mexico, Guatemala and Costa llica. 



a~d. (^ ad. : e. cT Coban, Guatemala, Nov. (O. »S'.). Salvin-Godman & 



juv. : f. 2 ^*1- Sclater Colls. 



■sk. 



V. c? ad. sk. Chisec, Guatemala (O. S. ^- Tweeddale Coll. 



F. D. G.). 



h-k. c^ ai.; I, m. Guatemala. Salvin-Godman & 



c? juv. sk. Gould Colls. 



n. cj'juv. sk. Turrialba, Costa Eica (^?re). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o. Jad. ;;j. Juv. Tucurriqui, Costa Rica (^rce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. 



q-s. Juv. sk. Costa Rica {Endres). Gould Coll. 



t. S ad. ; u. S Costa Rica. Salvin-Godman & 



juv. ; V. 5 Gould Colls. 



ad. sk. 



8. Lophornis adorabilis. 



Lophornis adorabilis, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 207; Elliot, Syn. Troch. 



p. 135 ; Gould, Man. Troch., Suppl. pi. 35 (Aug. 1880). 

 Dialia adorabilis, Mids. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 208, pi. 91, 



f. 1 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223. 



Adult male. LTpper surface, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail as 

 in the rest of the species of this group ; middle of the crown pure 



