400 Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Trocliilidfe. 



Calothorax mitchelli, Reich, Aufz. dcr Colib. p. 13. 



CallijMox mitchelli, Gould, Mon. Troch, vol. iii. p. 160; 

 id. Intr. Troch. (8vo ed.) p. 98. sp. 180. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Bourcier described this species from an example in the 

 collection of the late Mr. Loddige, obtained at Zimapan, in 

 Ecuador. It still continues a rare species, but few specimens 

 having been sent to Europe. In form it is very similar to 

 the other members of this genus ; but the peculiar deep-violet 

 throat will at all times serve to distinguish it. 



Genus Catharma. 



Bill longer than the head, broad at base, pointed at tip. 

 Wings long, reaching beyond the centre of tail, which is 

 extremely short and almost square. Throat-mark rounded, 

 metallic. 



Catharma orthura. 



Ornismya orthura, Lesson, Hist. Nat. des Troch. pp. 85, 88, 

 pis. 28, 29. 



Hab, Cayenne. 



As cited above, Lesson described this species, and figured 

 a male almost adult and a young bird. It has been con- 

 sidered by some authors to be the same as Calliphlox ame- 

 thystina, either the young of that species, or an old female ! 

 {vide Gould, Intr. Troch. 8vo ed. p. 98) . Upon what grounds 

 this last supposition should have arisen, I am at a loss to con- 

 ceive, as Lesson's figure on pi. 28 is evidently that of a male 

 in nearly adult plumage. Unfortunately the artist has not 

 coloured the tail properly, as he has represented it nearly all 

 black, whereas the description says of it " en dessus, les moy- 

 ennes vertes et dorees, les laterales vertes et dorees ji leur base, 

 puis noires a leur extremite, excepte les deux plus externes, 

 qui sont terminees et oeillees de blanc.'^ This is lost in the 

 figure, as the underside of the tail alone is given. Ha^dng 

 lately come into possession of Lesson's types of this species, 

 I am able to state that it not only is a perfectly distinct 

 species, but also represents an entirely new genus, most nearly 



