430 



part white, each feather with a grccu discal spot; a maxillary stripe 

 white ; lateral rectrices gre3-ish at the base and tipped with white. 

 Hah. Amazons Valley and Brazil. 



a. (5" ad. ; b 



ad. sk. 



c. ci' ad. sk. 



d. (S ad. ; e. $ 

 ad. sk. 



/. S ad. sk. 

 g. S jav. sk. 

 h. (S ad. ; i. $ 



ad. sk. 

 j, k. S ad. ; /, m 



S juv. ; n, o. 

 2 ad. sk. 

 p. (j ad. sk. 

 q. (S ad. sk. 

 r-u. J ad. ; v~ 



.V. 2 ad. sk. 

 y, z. cj ad. ; a'. 

 ' 2 ad. St. 



2 Rotuno, Ecuador {Buckley). Gould Coll. 



Xapo, Ecuador. 



Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). 



Amazons (E. Bartlett). 

 Xeberos, Amazons, Juue. 

 Pebas, Amazons, Feb. {J. 



Hauxwell). 

 Pebas, Feb. (J. H.). 



Novo Fribourgo, Rio {Youds). 



Rio. 



Brazil. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 E. Bartlett [C.]. 

 Gould CoU. (Types 

 of G. melanosternon.) 

 Sahon-Godman & 

 Gould Colls. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Purchased. 



3. Prymnacantha conversi, 



Trochilus conversi, Bourc. ^- Muh. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, ix 

 p. 313 (1846) ; iid. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 314, pi. 3 ; Gray, Hand-l 

 B. i. p. 146. 



Gouldia conversi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 86 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 257 

 Reich. Axifz. d. Col. p. 12 ; id. Troch. Eniim. p. 9, pi. 817. ff. 4911-4 

 Gould, Man. Troch. iii. pi. 129 (May 1854) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 86 

 id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Laiur. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 319, ix 

 p. 123 ; Sah. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 154, 1870, p. 208 ; Elliot, Syn 

 Troch. p. 139. 



Prymnacantha conversi. Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 65; Muls. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, iii. p. 242 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 

 xxii. p. 223 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 223. 



MeUisuga conversi, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 79. 



Gouldia conversi aequatorialis, Berl. S/- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 567. 



Adult male. Similar to that of P. langsdorffi, the back less bronzy, 

 the shorter upper tail-coverts purple, the green of the crown, throat, 

 and breast darker and less brilliant ; the pectoral patch blue, with 

 greenish tips to the feathers ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 shining green. 



Female. Very similar to that of P. langsdorffi, but the upper tail- 

 coverts are purple instead of green. 



Hah. Costa Rica southwards to Ecuador. 



a,b. cJad. ; c,d. Tucurri qui, Costa Rica (^re^). Salvin-Godman & 



2 ad. sk. Gould Colls. 



c. (S ad. ; /. 2 Angostura, Costa Rica ( Car- Gould Coll. 



ad. sk. miol). 



g. 2 ad. sk. CordiUera del Chucu, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 [Arce). 



h. cJ ad. sk. Calovevora, Panama {Arci). Gould Coll. 



