394 Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Trochilid^. 



(c) Intermediate between tlie Bua bird and the coUarless variety found 

 on Taviuni. Found on Koro only. 



(d) I do not think this is a good species ; I inchide it on the authority 

 of Drs. Finsch and Ilartlaub, witli their mark of +. 



(e) Inchided on the above authority. They give no special localitj'. 

 (/) Ditto. It is said to have been found in Sandalwood Bay ; but none 



of my collectors have seen it, and I doubt the statement. 



{g) A tine new species, entirely green, with yellowish legs and bill, 

 just discovered by Herr Godefiroy's collector. 



(K) Discovered by Mr. Ramsay's collector, therefore not named. 



(i) Ditto. I know not to what genus to refer this bird. 



(j) I originally placed this bird, provisionally, in the genus Lal(i()p, not 

 having any works of reference at hand for consultation. It certainly does 

 not belong there, and is nearer Myiolestes. [A typical Myiolestes, fide 

 Finsch, P.Z. S. 1870, p. 20.— Ed.] 



(k) Discovered by Mr. Ramsay's collector. The giant of the genus. 



(/) The letter U after this name and others stands for " Ubique," the 

 species being generally distributed on our seaboard and in our seas. 



(m) Included on the authority of Drs. Finsch and Ilartlaub, who give, 

 on G. R. Gray's authority, the locality Ngau Island. 



(m) I did not see this bird, which was picked up not far from Mr. 

 Kleinschmidt's house, and taken to him ; he assures me it was a genuine 

 Larus. 



(o) Teste Baron von Hiigel. 

 I [To this list must be added the species allied to Orthotonus recently de- 

 scribed by Dr. Finsch (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 19) as Drymoclucra hadiceps. — Ed.] 



Levuka, May 20, 1876. 



XXXIX. — Notes on the Trochilidse. The Genera Heliothrix, 

 Calliphlox, Catharma, and Petasophora. By D. G. Elliot, 

 F.R.S.E. &c. 



Genus Heliothrix. 

 The members of the genus Heliothrix are possessed of 

 graceful form and a plumage of a pleasing contrast of green 

 and white. They have long tails, the female's being longer 

 than that of the adult male. The three species are dis- 

 tributed generally over Central and South America, not, how- 

 ever going south of Brazil on the east coast, nor Peru on the 

 west. In reviewing the geographical distribution of the 

 species, we see that Guatemala is the most northern country 

 which any of them inhabit ; and here is found H. harroti, 

 ^^\\\c\\ goes througli Central America, Columbia, into Ecuador, 



