2. GALBTTT,A. 167 



Above golden green ; wings black, coverts and edges of second- 

 aries like the back : beneath, chin black, throat white ; breast-band 

 green, belly and under wing-coverts chestnut; tail with four 

 middle rectrices green, the rest chestnut ; bill black : whole length 

 9 inches, wing .'5-''5. tail 4, bill from gape 2-3. Female similar, hot 

 throat pale rufous, and belly rather lighter in colour. 



Ifab. S. Mexico, Central America, and "Western Ecuador. 



The black chin and the four green middle tail-feathers distinguish 

 this species from G. ruficauda. 



a,h. S 2 fid. sk. Belize (Blancaneu.v). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c, d. cJ 2 ad. sk. Telemau, Vera Paz (Scilvin). Salvin-GoJman Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Sources of E. de la Pasion, Tweeddale Coll. 



Vera Paz (Snlvin). 



f. 2 ad. sk. Choctuni, Vera Paz {Sahiit). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g. Jr. sk. Chisec, Vera Paz (Salvin). Tweeddale Coll. 



'h, i. 6 2 ad. sk. Vera Paz (Delattre). Sclater Coll. (Types 



of the species.) 

 k, I. (^ 2 ad. sk. Guatemala. 0. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. 



m. (S ad. sk. San Pedro, Honduras ( THiite- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. S ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua {Belt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o, p. 5 ad. sk. Bebedero, Nicoya, Costa Kica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Arce). 



q. 5ad.sk. Angostura, CostaEica(Ca»-jw?o^. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r, s. (S ad. ; t. $ Bugaba, Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 



u,v. d" 2 ad. sk. Veragua {Arci). Sclater Coll. 



w,.r. cJ $ ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador filling- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ^coHh). 



o. Galbula tombacea. 



Galbula tombacea, Sjm-, Av. Bra", i. p. 55, t. 58 ; frrai/ et Mitch. 



Gen. B. i. p. 83 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 152 ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13 ; 



Cab. in Ersch u. Grub. JSnc. sect. 1, lii. p. 308; Cwss. Cat. Hale. 



p. 17 ; Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 30 ; id. Sipi. Galb. p. 4 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1855, p. 13, 1857, p. 202; id. Cat. A. B. p. 2CG; id. 



Monor/r. Jac. and Puff-bds. p. 23, pi. vi. ; Beichenb. Ilandb. 



p. 87 ; Tsch. Faun. Per., Ares, p. 255 ; Burni. Si/st. Uvh. ii. 



p. 301 ; Cab. et Hein. Mm. Ileiii. iv. p. 223 ; Scl. et Sale. P. Z. S. 



1866, p, 192, 1867, p. 978, 1873, pp. 186, 294 ; iid. Nomencl. 



p. 105 ; Tac:. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 547 (C. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. iii. 



p. 115. 

 Galbula cyanescens, Dcville, Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 50; Cass. Cat. Hale. 



p. 17; Reichenb. Handb. p. 87; Cab. et Hein. Mm. Hein. iv. 



p. 223. 

 Galbula fuscicapilla, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, pp. 13, 1-36, pi. Ixxvii. ; Cab. 



et Hein. Mas. Hein. iv. p. 223. 



Above shining green, cap in some examples more or less fuscous ; 

 wings blackish, coverts and edges of secondaries like the back : 

 beneath, chin brownish, throat and breast shining green, belly 

 chestnut ; four central tail-feathers green, lateral tail-feathers 

 chestnut, first normal pair slightly tipped with blackish : whole 



