HELIOTIIRIX. 5 175 



Eeli'othrix aurifus, Boie, Isis (1831), p. 547. — Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. ll.'j, sp. 1. — Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 

 vol. i, p G9.— Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 251.— Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 13 (1853).— Id., 

 Troch. Enum., p. 11 (1855). — Cab. and Hkin., Mus. Hcin. 'I'h., iii (I8C0), p. 28. — Gouon, Mon. Troch., 

 vol. iv, pi. 213. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 121 (18G1). — Muls., Hibt. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 

 238.— Elliot, Ibis (1876), p. 395. 



Heliothrix longirostris. Gould, P. Z. S. (1862), p. 124. 



Hah. Northern Brazil, Guiana, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



Male. Entire upper surface and lengthened upper tail coverts shining golden- 

 green, brightest on the head. Wings pur})lish-black. Lores and a line below the 

 eye black, ending in violet-blue. Below this line is another of luminous green 

 extending from the gape. Entire under surface pure white. Four middle rectrices 

 bluish-black, remainder pure white. Bill and feet black. Total length, 41 in. 

 AVing, 2g in. Tail, 2\ in. Culmen, g in. 



Female. AVants the green line beneath the black one on the face; and tlie violet 

 tufts on the cheeks. It also differs in having a much longer tail, and an oblique 

 black bar across the lateral rectrices near their base. In all other respects she 

 resembles the male. Total length, 5\ in. Wing, 2.| in. Tail, 2| in. Culmen, | in. 



2. Heliothriz: auriculatus. 



Trochtlus aurindatus, "Licht.," Nordni. Erman Reise (1835), p. 5, t. 2, figs. 1 and 2. 



Ontismi/a pouchctii, Less., Rev. Zool. (1840), p. 72. 



Heliothrix auriculatus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 115, sp. 3. — Reich., Aufz. der Colib.. p. 13 (1853).— Id., 



Troch. Enum., p. 11 (1855). — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 214. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 121. 



— BoN., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 251.— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (1860), p. 28.— Elliot, 



Ibis (1876), p. 396.— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 340 (1875). 

 Heliothrix pouchetii, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., p. 69 (1850). 

 Heliothrix aurita, Borm., Th. Bras., vol. ii, p. 336, juv. 

 Heliothrix phainoloema, Gould, P. Z. S. (1855), p. 87.— Id., Mon. Troch., vol. iv, pi. 215,— Id., Intr. Troch., 



octavo ed., p. 121 (1861).— Cab. and Hei.v., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 28 (note 4) (1860). 

 Hdiothrix phainoleuca, Hartl., Weig. Arch., vol. xsii, 2, p. 23. 



Hah. Southern Brazil. * • 



Male. Differs from the //. auriius only in having the chin and sides of the neck 



luminous grasS-grecn. In all other respects they arc alike. Total length, 4g in. 



Wing, 2| in. Tail, 2 in. Culmen, ^ in. 



Female. Precisely like the female of H. uuriiu'^, and the dimensions the same. 



3. Heliothrizc barroti. 



Trochtlus harroti, Bourc, Rev. Zool. (1843), p. 72.— Id., Ann. Hoc. Agr., Lyon (1843), t. vi, p. 48. 

 Hdiothrix harroti. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 115, sp. 4. — Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 69 (1850). — Reich., 



Aufz. der Colib., p. 13 (1853).— Id., Troch. EnJm., p. U (1855).— Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 



271.— Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv. pi. 217.— Id., Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 121, sp. 241.— Muls., Hist. 



Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, ii, p. 242.— Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (1860), p. 28 (note 3).— Elliot, 



Ibis (1876), p. 397. 

 Heliothrix ptirpurciccps, Gould, P. Z. S. (1855), p. 87.— Id., Mon. Troch., vol. iv. pi. 216.- Cab. and Hein., 



Mus. Hein. Th., iii. p. 28 (note 3) (1860). 

 Heliothrix vtoli/rons, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed.. p. 122, sp. 242 (1861).— Salv., P. Z. S. (1870), p. 210. 



Hab. Central America, Columbia, Ecuador. 



