rilyETIIORXIS. \i) 



Upper parts bronzy-brown. Upper tail coverts rufous. Win^s purple. Stripe 

 over the eye buff. Auriculars black. Under surface buff, cliiu grayish. Tail 

 feathers black, or black with a greenish shade, tipped Avith buff on tlie lateral ones, 

 and with white on central pair. Maxilla black; basal half of mandible flesh-color, 

 remainder black. Total length, 3 in. Wing, 1^ in. Tail, li in. Culnien, | in. 



In his description Mr. Gould speaks of a black crescent across the breast. This 

 is a mistake, there is no such mark, and his figures arc correctly portrayed without 

 any black on the breast. 



18. Fhcethomis striigularis. 



PhcRthomts striigularis, Goni.D, Mon. Troch., vol. i, pi. 37. — Pt. vii {18.')4). 



Pi/gmornis amaura, BouRC, Eev. Zoo!. (1850), p. .')22. — Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hcin. Th., iii, p. 7 (note 11). 



Pyijmornis striigularis, Gol'LD, Intr. Troeh., octavo ed., p. 48 (1861). — Sai.v. and Ei.uot, Ibis (187^). p. 273. — 



Cab and IIf.ix.. Mus. Ilein. Tli., iii, p. 7 (nolo 9). — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moutli., toiii. i, p. Oli. 

 Phatlwrnis atrimevtalis, Lawr,, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. vi, p. 2G0. 

 Phwtliornis amaura, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i, pi. 32. 

 Pygmornis amaura, Goui.D, Intr. Trocli., octavo ed., p. 4G (18C1). 



ITab. Columbia and Ecuador. 



Upper parts bronze-brown. Rump and upper tail coverts rufous. Wings purple. 

 Ear coverts black ; a stripe of baft' above and below the eye. Throat and breast 

 gray, the former striated with brownish-black. Abdomen deep buff. Under tail 

 coverts gray tipped with buff. Tail greenish-bronze, tipped with white. Maxilla 

 black; basal half of mandible yellow, rest black. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 1^ 

 in. Tail, Ij in. C'ulmcn, | in. ' . . 



19. Fhaethornis idaliae. 



Trochilus idalice, Bourc. and Mci.s.. Ann. iSoc. Linn., Lyon (18oC), vol. iii. 



Phcfthomis obscura, Gould, P. Z. S. (1857), p. 14. 



Phctthornis obscura, Gould, Mon. Trocli., vol. i. ])1. 38. 



Pygmornis obscura. Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hcin. 'I'll., iii, p. 7 (note 7) (1860). 



Phcethornis viridicaudata, Gould, Mon. 'I'nxli., vol. i, pi. 33, J. — Cab. and ITf.in., Mus. Hcin. Tli.. iii, p. 7 



(note 5) (1860). 

 Pygmornis idalice, Gould, Litr. Troch., p. 48 (18G1). — Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), p. 270. 

 Pygmornis aspasice, Gould, Intr. Troch., p. 47 (1861). 



Hah. South Brazil. 



Head dark brown above ; upper surface shining green. Wings purple. Buff 

 stripe behind the eye; ear coverts black. Buffy-white stripe along the side of tlie 

 throat. Tliis last is black, becoming chestnut on the breast, dark gray on the 

 abdomen, and white on the vent. Under tail coverts grayish-wliite. Tail dark 

 bronze-brown tipped with white. Maxilla black, mandible fle.sh-color, tip brownish- 

 black. Totallength, 3^ in. Wing, 1| in. Tail, 1| in. C'ulmen, § in. 



Eemale has the throat and under parts buff, palest on abdomen. Tail bronze- 

 green, passing into blackish-brown and tipped with white. The throat and under 

 surface of the males vary greatly in their coloration, some specimens being very 

 much darker than others. 



