SCIIISTES. 173 



1. Schistes personatus. 



Schistes albogularis, Gould, Jard. Contr. Ornitli. (1851), p. 140, juv.— Id., Moii. Trocli., vol. iv, pi. 220, juv.— 



Cab. ami Hein., Mus. Hein. 'I'll., iii, p. 27 (note) (1800). 

 Schistes albigularis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 13 (1853).— Box., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854). p. 251.— Oori.D, 



Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 123, juv. (18C1). 

 Schistes personatus, Goui.d, V. Z. S. (1860), p. 311. — Id., Mod. Trocli., vol. iv. pi. 219.— Id., Intr. Tiocli., octavo 



ed., p. 122 (1861).— Mt:i.s., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 153 (1876). 

 Schistes geoffroyi, Sclat., P. Z. S. (1860), p. 70. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



Male. Forehead, face, and throat glittering pale green, behind which is a patcli 

 of black. Upper surface bronzy-green. On each side of breast a tuft of violet-blue 

 feathers. Across the upper part of breast is a crescentic-white bar. Abdomen and 

 flanks dark green. Tuft of white behind the thighs. Tail bronze-green with a 

 blue shade. Bill and feet black. Length, Z\ in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, If in. Cul- 

 men, | in. 



Youn(j, possibly female. Differs in having the throat white, and the violet-blue 

 tufts almost obsolete. Mr. Gould in his descriptions gives the tail as. crossed near 

 the tip by a chalybeate band. There is no indication of this band in my specimens, 

 the rectriccs being a uniform bronzy-green with a sliglit bluish shade in one example. 



If, as I believe is the case, the S. alhognJaris proves to be the young of jyer- 

 sonatus, the latter name will have to sink into a synonym, having been proposed 

 nine years after albogularis. 



2. Schistes geolFroyi. 



Trochilus geoffroyi, Bourc. and Mcls., Ann. Soc. d'Agr., Lyon (1843), t. vi, p. 37. pi. 3. — Id., Rev. Zool. 



(1843), p. 101. 

 Petasophora ? geoffroyi, Gould, P. Z. S. (1847), p. 9. 

 Polytmus geoffroyi. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 108, sp. 31. 

 Colibri geoffroyi, Bon., Cousp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 69 (1850). 

 Petasophora geoffroyi, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 11 (1853). 



Schistes geoffroyi, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 218. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 122 (1861).. — Reicii., 

 • Aufz. der Colib., p. 13 (1853).— Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854). p. 251.— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. 

 Th., iii, p. 27 (I860).— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., tom.-iii, p. 155 (1860). 



Sab. Ecuador. 



Male. Crown, upper part of back and wing coverts bronze-green. A faint hnni- 

 nous green line on the forehead. Lower part of back and rump rufous. 'VA'ings 

 purplish-brpnze. A white spot behind the eye. Throat luminous green. Ear 

 coverts dark brown. On each side of breast a tuft of lilac-bluc feathers. Under 

 surface dark green. White tuft behind the thighs. Under tail coverts green edged 

 with gray. Rcctrices bronze-green ; lateral ones with a subterminal chalybeate bar 

 and tipped with white. Bill black, feet brown. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2^ in. 

 Tail, 1| in. Culmen, | in. 



Yoimg?. Differs in having the throat bufTy-white, this color extcMuling also on 

 each side of the upper part of breast. Middle of abdomen also whitish. IMantle 

 green ; rest of upper jiarts bronze. Rest of plumage like the male, though the 

 under parts not above mentioned are a paler green than the male. This plumage 



