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white, the lateral feathers elongated and acute, drawn together 

 posteriorly ; forehead and sides of the head glittering dark ruby-red, 

 the bases' of the feathers of the former white ; throat glittering 

 green, the bases of the feathers white, the lateral feathers much 

 elongated and pointed ; a large white pectoral patch ; abdomen and 

 under tail-covcrts cinnamon ; bill flesh-colour, the tip black. Total 

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



Female. Crown and a patch below the eye bronzy black ; throat 

 white, each feather with a shining bronze discal spot ; lateral rec- 

 trices cinnamon, with a wide subterminal black band. 



Hab. Costa Rica and Chiriqui. 



a. (S ad. ; b. 5 Bugaba, Volcan de Cluriqui Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad.sk. (Arce). (Types of the species.) 



c. c? ad. sk. Chiriqui (^Ai-ce). Gould Coll. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Bibalaz, Chiriqui (Arce). Gould Coll. 



9. Lophornis chalybseus. 



Trochilus chalvbffius, Jleill. Eiic. Meth. p. 574 ; Temm. PL Col. 06. 



f. 2 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 147. 

 Colibri mystax, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 82, pi. 82. f. 3. 

 Trochilus festivus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 14. 



Oniismya vieilloti, Less. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, pp. ixi, 186, pi. 64. 

 Trocliilus vieilloti, Less. Lid. Gen. Troch. p. xlii. 

 (Jrnisniya audeneti, Less. iSiqipl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 102, pi. 2. 

 Trochilus audeueti, Less. Lnd. Gen. Troch. p. xlii. 

 Lophornis chalybeeus, Bji. Consp. Av. i. p. 84 ; Reich. Aufz. d. Col. 



p. 12; id. Troch. Ermni. p. 9, pi. 812. ff. 4893-5 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. 



iii. pi. 124 (Mav 1852) ; Sd. Cat. Avi. B. p. 296 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



p. 32; Berl. J."/. Orn. 1873, p. 275; Elliot, St/n. Trash, p. 136. 

 Lophornis audeueti, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 84. 

 Bellatrix chalybajus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257. 

 Lophornis festivus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 354. 

 Polemistria chalybtea, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Heiu. iii. p. 63 ; Gould,. 



Intr. Troch. p. 85 ; Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 79 ; Hamilton, 



Ibis, 1871, p. 307 ; Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 223. 

 Polemistria vieilloti, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 229. 



Adult male. Upper surface shining grass-green ; band across the 

 rump pale buff; upper tail-coverts shining purple ; forehead and a 

 line passing under the eye glittering green, the latter edged below 

 with black ; throat shining green, the lateral feathers elongated and 

 tipped with white ; breast greyish white, middle of the abdomen 

 darker, flanks and under tail-coverts washed with green ; tail 

 purple-bronze ; bill black. Total length about 3 inches, wing 1-55^ 

 tail 1-1, bill 0-6. 



Female. Throat dusky, edged with whitish; base of the rectrices 

 grey, the lateral rectrices tipped with buff, aud with a wide bronze- 

 purple subterminal band. 



Hah. Southern Brazil. 



a. (S ad. ; b. cJ .juv. sk. Brazil (N'aftcrer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r-f. S ad- ; ff-i- 2 ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



