AGL.E ACTIS. 



187 



Base of central rectriccs bright rufous, remaining portion dark olivc-^recn ; lateral 

 feathers have two-thirds of tlie basal portion of tlie inner \v(;bs rufous, rest dark 

 olive-green. Bill and feet black. Total length, 4^' in. Wing, 31 in. Tail, 2j in. 

 Cuhnen, |1 in. 



Female. Lighter colored than the male. Head, back, tliroat, and breast pale 

 browu. Lower part of back less brilliant, rest of plumage like the male. 



3. Aglaeactis castelnaudi. 



Trochilus casfclnaudii, Bourc. and Muls., Rev. Zool. (1848), p. 270. 



Trochilus caslthiaui. Gray, (jen. Birds, vol. iii, App., p. 30 a (1849). 



Aglccadis castehiaui, Gould, Moii. Troch., vol. iii, pi. 180. — Bo,\., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (18r>4), p. 2.")3. 



Aglaeactis castelnaudi, Bo.\., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 73 (1850). — Muls., Hist. Kat. Ois. Moiich., tonL iii, p. 21. 



Agloeactis castelnaudi. Reich., Aufz. dor Colib., p. 9 (1853). — Gould, lutr. 'I'rocli., octavo ed., p. 107 (18G1). 



— Whitely, p. Z. .S. (1873), p. 190. 

 Heb'anthca castelnaudi, Reioii., Trocli. Enum., p. G, pi. 739, figs. 4G93-94 (1855). 

 Aglaiactis castehiaui, Cab. and IIein., Mus. Hciu. Th., iii, p. G9 (note 3) (18G0). 



Bab. Peru. 



Male. Head, upper part of back, throat, breast, and flanks dark bronzy-brown. 

 On lower part of tliroat is a rufous spot. A tuft of pure white elongated feathers 

 on the breast. Centre of abdomen buff. Under tail coverts rufous. Lower part 

 of back and upper tail covers deep metallic lilaceous-purple. Cireater wing coverts 

 olive-green, primaries and secondaries purplisli-brown. (Shaft of first primary rufous 

 for two-thirds its basal length. Tail rufous, margined with bronzy-green. Bill 

 black, with the exception of a flesh spot at base of mandible. Feet black. Total 

 length, -t^ in. Wing, 3]; in. Tail, 2\ in. Culmcn, j in. 



Female similar to the male, but without any luminous feathers on the rump. 



4. Aglaeactis pamela. 



Orthorhynchris' jiamela, P'Orbion. and Lafr., Byn. Av., ii, p. 29, no. 14 (1838). — D'Okb., Yoy. dans I'Amcr. 



M6rid. Ois., torn, iv, p. 375, pi. GO, fig. 1. 

 Hylochar is pamela, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 114. .sp. 13. 



Aglwactis pamela, Gould, Mon. Trocli., vol. iii, pi. 181. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo cd.. p. 107 (18G1). 

 Aglaeactis pamela, Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i (1850), p. 73. — Id., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1.^54), p. 253. — • 



Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Moncli., toni. iii, p. 19. — Elliot, Ibis (1877), p. 137. 

 Helianthea pamela, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. C, pi. 738, fig.s. 4G91-92 (1855J. 

 Aglaiactis pamela, Cab. and IIein., Mus. Iltin. Th., iii, p. G9 (1800). 



Hah. Bolivia. 



Male. Head, upper part of back, and entire luidcr surface, witli the exception of 

 a tuft of pure wliite feathers on the breast, jet-black. Under tail coverts liglit 

 chestnut. Lower part of back and upper tail covert glittering metallic grass-green. 

 Wings bronzy-brown. Tail chestnut, the feathers edged and tipped with bronzy- 

 brown. Bill and feet black. Total length, A\ in. Wing, 2;^ in. C'tdmen, g in. 



Female only diflers in not having the black of tlie plumage of such a velvety 

 hue, but more inclined to a brownish shade. 



