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B. Throat not metallic. 



a. Elongated neck feathers green spotted with white. 



a'. Under parts deep oil-green. Tail bronzy-brown. 9. L. chah/bea. 



b'. Under parts dark brown with bronzy-brown reflections. Tail 



purplish-bronze. 10. L. verreauxi. 



1. Lophornis stictolophus.° 



Loplwrtiis regince, Gould (nee Sohreib.), P. Z. S. (1847), p. 97.— Id., Mod. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 122.— Id., Iiitr. 



Troch., octavo ed., p. 84 (18G1).— Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 84 (1850).— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. 



(1854), p. 257. 

 Bellatrix regince, Reich., Aufz. dor Colib.. p. 12 (1853). — Id., Troch. Eiiuni., p. 9 (1855). 

 Lophornis stictolophns. Salv. and Kli.iot, Il)is (1873), p. 280. 

 Telamon strictolophus, Mul.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., vol. iii, p. 201 (i87G). 



Hah. Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador. 



Male. Distinguished from all others of the genr.s by its crest, which is broad, 

 rust-red in color, each feather tipped with a green spot ; the spots commencing in 

 the centre of the crown. Back shining* green. Rump ai.d upper tail coverts 

 bronzy-brown; a white band across the rump. Throat metallic-green, beneath 

 which is a spot of white. Under parts light shining green. Under tail coverts 

 buff. Tail brownish-chestnut, external feathers margined and tipped with bronzy- 

 green. Bill flesh-color, brown at tip. Total length, 2f in. Wing, li in. Tail, 1| 

 in. Culmen, g in. 



Female. Head not crested. Front and crown deep buff, occiput dark green. 

 Rump bronzy-brown, crossed by a band of buff. Upper part of throat white spotted 

 with blackish-brown, lower portion black witli bronze reflections. Tail buff, with 

 a broad subterminal blackish-brown band with bronzy-green reflections. Remaining 

 plumage as in tlie male. Types in my collection. 



2. Lophornis delattrii. 



Ornismya {Lophornis) delattrii, Lkss., Rev. Zool. (1839), p. 19. 



Lophornis delattrii, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 121. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 84 (1861). — Reich., 



Aufz. der Colib., p. 12.^Id., Troch. Euum., p. — , (1855). — Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 257. — 



Id., Consp. Gen. Av., p. 83 (1850). 

 Mellisuga delattrii, Gr.4Y, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113. 

 Telamon delattrii, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., vol. iii, p. 199 (187G). 



Hah. Veragua, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. ] 



Male. Differs from tlie L. siidolophvs simply in the form of its crest, whirli is 

 rufous, lengthened, central feathers the longest, and tipped with minute green 

 spots. Rest of plumage like L. siictolojilms. Total length, 2| in. ^^ iug, I3 in. 

 Tail, Ij in. Culmen, r^^ in. 



Female like that of L. stlctolopluis. 



Young male has the forehead and throat rufous, rest like the female. 



3. Lophornis regulus. 



Trochilus {Lophornis) regulus, Goui.d. P. Z. S. (1847), p. 89.— Id., Mon. Troch.. vol. iii. pi. 120.— Box.. Consp. 



Gen. Av., p. 84 (18.50). 

 Mellisuga regxdus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 113. 

 Lophornis lophotes, Gould, liitr. Mon. Troch., octavo ed., p. 83 (1861). 



