ANTHOCEPHALA — ABEILLI A. 



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Genus XCIV.— ANTHOCEPHALA. 



Anthocephala, Cab., Mus. Hein. Th., iii (18G0), p. 72 (note). 



Type. 

 T.Jloriceps, Gould. 



Ch. Bill straight, pointed, long as 

 the head. Wings long pointed. Tail 

 rounded. 



Range. Columbia. 



One species is known, and seems to 

 be quite an aberrant form, thougli, per- 

 haps, nearest allied to Adelomyia. It 

 is a small bird, chiefly remarkable for 

 the peculiar coloration of its crown. 



Fiff. 102. 



Tarsi /vatliercd 

 AiUhuctphalajloricrps. S . Tjpe. Columbia. Gould. 



1. ^Anthocephala floriceps. 



Trochilus ( ?) floriceps, Gould, P. Z. S. (18.5.3), p. G2. 



Metallura floriceps, Reich., Aufz. der C'olib., p. 8 (1853). — Id., Trochil. Enum., p. 5 (IS.'iS). 

 Adelomyia floriceps, Goci.d, Mon. Trocli., vol. iii, pi. 202. — Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (18.i4), p. 253. 

 Anthocephala floriceps. Cab. and Hein.. Mus. Hein. (1860) Th., iii, p. 72 (note). — Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo 

 ed., p. lU (18C1).— MuLs., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, iii, p. 125 (187G). 



Hah. Columbia. 



Male. " Forehead bufFy-white, passing into a beautiful deep peach-blossom hue 

 on the crown ; throat gray, passing into the rufous of the abdomen; wings purplish- 

 brown; middle tail feutliers bronzy; lateral tail feathers bronzy at the base, passing 

 into purplish-black, and largely tipped with buff; bill black; feet apparently light 

 brown." (Gould, Mon. Troch.) 



Genus XCV.— ABEILLI A. 



Ahe illia , Bon., Con.';p. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 79 (1850) (Rbaniphomicron, sp. 4). 

 Baucis, Reich., Anfz. dor Colib., p. 13 (1853). 

 Myiaheillia, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 253. 



Ttpe. 

 0. abeillei, Dclat. and Less. 

 0. abeillei, Delat. and Less. 

 0. abeillwi. Dclat. and Less. 



CJi. Bill shorter than the head, straight, weak. Wings 

 long pointed, reaching nearly to the end of the tail. The tail 

 is slightly forked when closed. Size small. Sexes dissimilar. 



Bunfje. Mexico and Central America to Yeragua. 



But one species is known, and is the representative of a 

 distinct generic form, having but little relationship with any 

 other. The male is adorned with a luminous throat, but other- 

 wise is plainly colored. 



?!•:. 103. 



^leillia lyinm. S. S0312. 

 Guatemala City. 



