MYRTIS. ^ ^ 127 



1. Myitis fanny. 



Ornismyafanny, Less., Ann. Sci. Nat. (1838), torn, ix, p. 170. — Id., Rev. Zool. (18.38), p. 314. 

 Trochilus labrador, Bourc, Ann. Soc. Sci., Lyon (1839). p. 389, pi. viii. — Delattr., Kev. Zool. (1846), p. 311. 

 Calothorax fanny. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 110, sp. 14. — Gould, Mon. Trocli., vol. iii, pi. 1,51. 

 Thaumastura fanny , Bon., C'onipt. Rend , p. 383 (1850). — Id., Consp. Gen. Av. (18r)0), vol. i, p. 85. 



Myrlis fanny, Reich., Airfz. der Colibri., p. 13 (1853). — Cab. and IIein., Mus. Hein. 'Ph., iii, p. 59 (1860). 



Goui.D, Intr. Trouh., octavo ed., p. 93 (1861).— Mdi.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. (1877), torn, iv, p. 33. 

 Lucifer labrador, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1864), p. 257. — Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 10 (1855). 



Hah. Ecuador and Peru. 



Male. Upper parts light bronze-green ; brownish on top of tlie head. Throat 

 metallic bluisli-grecn, bounded beneath by a narrow line of luminous violet. A 

 white band across the breast ; flanks bronzy, washed with buff on lower half, rest 

 of under parts white. Tail brownish-black with a bronze gloss. Wings brown. 

 Bill black. Total length, 3f in. Wing, 1| in. Tail, If in. Culinen, f in. Type 

 of T. labrador, Bourc. 



Female. Above like the male. Throat white, rest of under parts deep buff. 

 Median rectrices green ; next green tipped with black. Lateral ones, buff at base, 

 rest black tipped with white. Bill black. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 1^ in. Tail, 

 1 in. Culmen, f in. Type of T. labrador, Bourc , in my collection. 



2. Myrtis yarrelli. 



Trochihis yarrelli, Bourc, P. Z. S. (1846), p. 45. 



Calothorax yarrelli, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 13 (1853). — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 152. 



Calothorax yarelli, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 257. 



Lucifer yarrelli. Reich.. Troch. Enum., p. 10 (1855). 



Myrtis yarrelli, Gould, Intr. 'I'rocli., octavo ed., p. 93 (1861). 



Eudosia yarrelli, Mui.s.. Cat. Oi?. Mouch. (1875), p. 32. 



Eulidia yarelli, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iv, p. 115 (1877). 



Hob. Bolivia. 



Hale. Upper parts and four central tail feathers light yellowish-green. Throat 

 metallic-lilac with blue reflections. Under parts white, washed with green on the 

 flanks. Lateral tail feathers, which are stiff and narrow, and graduate to a point, 

 dark brown. Bill black. Total length, 2| in. Wing, 1/^ in. Tail, 1| in. Cul- 

 men, I in. 



Female. Above like the male, beneath buffy-white. Middle tail feathers green, 

 next green with black tips, remainder buff" at the base, then black and tipped with 

 white. Bill black. Total length, 2f in. Wing, 11 in. Tail, 1 in. Culmen, ^"g in. 



Descriptions taken from Bourcier's specimens, now in my collection, which were 

 the types of Mr. Gould's plate in his Monograph. 



