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3. Caeligena viridipallens 



Trochilus viridipallens, Bocrc. and Muls., Ann. Soc, Lyons (1S4G), p. 321. 

 Poltjlmus viridipallens. Gray, Gen. Dirils, vol. i, p. 108. 



Delallria viridipallcna, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., p. 70 (18,50). — Gould, Mon. Trocli., vol. ii, pi. C3. Id., Intr. 



Troch., octavo cd., p. CO (IHIU). 

 Agijtria viridipallens, Reich., Aufz. dcr Oolib., p. 10 (1S53), — Id.. Enum., p. 7, pi. 758, fig. 471G. 

 Tliaumantias viridi-pallens. Box., Kov. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. 

 Cliariessa viridipallens, IIei.nk, Journ. fUr Ornith. (18C.3), p. 178. 

 Caeligena viridipallens, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., vol. i, p. 185. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



Mule. Upper parts bronzy-green, changing to coppery-green on the rump. White 

 lino behind the eye. Tliroat pale metallic-green. Under parts -wliite, flanks green. 

 Under tail coA'erts greenish-gray margined with wliite. Upper tail coverts purplish- 

 black. Median rectrices brownisli-gray, pale on the lateral rectrices. Bill black. 

 Total length, 41 in. Wing, 2j inch. Tail, \\ in. C'ulmen, ~ in. Description 

 taken from type specimen in my collection. 



Female has the throat white, and the lateral rectrices almost white. (Type.) 

 . Yoking male. Median rectrices purplish-black. Throat and breast very dark gray. 



4. Caeligena hemileuca. 



Oreopyra hemileuca, Salt., V. Z. S. (18C4), p. 584. 



Hah. Costa Rica. 



Male. Entire upper parts grass-green. White line behind the eye. Throat 

 metallic-amethyst. Under parts pure white. Under tail coverts grayish-white. 

 Wings purple-brown. Tail bronzy-green, all the feathers but the median pair, with 

 a snbterminal blackish-brown bar; tips butfy-white. Bill black. Total length, 4 in. 

 Wing, 2\ in. Tail, Ig in. Culmen, ^ in. 



Female. Same as the male, excepting the throat, which is white spotted with 

 green. 



This species was described and placed in the genus Oreopyra by INIr. Salvin, but 

 it differs from the members of that genus in various ways, and is apparently more 

 properly placed in the present one. I can find no characters to separate it from 

 CyELiGENA. From the species of Oreopyra it differs, in having a rounded tail 

 instead of a forked one, and also the sexes are alike, except that the female has no 

 metallic throat spot; while the females of Oreopyra are reddish-buff beneath— a 

 style of coloration entirely different from the males. 



