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Hah. Guiana. 



"Similis breviori, sed paulo minor, rostro longiorc, splcndidc aurco-viridis; sub- 

 tus alba maculis nitidis aureo-viridibus varia, pectoris epigastriique lateribus iini- 

 coloribus smaragdiuo-viridibus, abdoniiue medio unicolore albo tectricibus, caudic 

 inferioribus nitidi-smaragdineis; remigibus fuscis; rcctricis nigro-chalybeo-cyaneis; 

 maxilla fusco, mandibula bruuncscente cornea ; pedibus fuscis. Long, tot., 3" 

 3'"; al, 1" 8'"; caud., 1" 1'"; rostr. culm., 7'"."— (Heiu., loc. cit.) 



9. *Agyrtria neglecta. 



Ornismya bicolor, D'Orb. and Lafr. (nee Less., 1829), Syn. Av., ii, p. 30, sp. 21 (1838). 

 Thaumatias neglectus, E^li.iot, Ibis (1877), p. 140. — (1878), p. 53. 



Hah. Yungas and Moxos, Bolivia. 



3fale. Top of head, nape, and mantle metallic-green ; throat and upper part of 

 breast brilliant metallic-blue, -white base of the feathers showing amid tlie blue ; 

 " back, rump, and upper tail coverts light greenish-bronze. Wings purplish. Flanks 

 and lower parts of breast shining green. Abdomen whitish. Under tail coverts 

 pale brown, margined with white. Tail pale greenish-bronze, with a subtermiiud 

 black bar on lateral feathers. Maxilla black, mandible flesh-color. Feet black. 

 Total length, 3.^ in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, li in. Bill, f in. 



Female. Upper parts, sides of throat, and flanks shining green. Centre of throat 

 and under parts whitish, spotted with light metallic-green. Tail as in the male, 

 tips of lateral feathers whitish. Under tail coverts white. Wings purple. Bill like 

 the male. Feet black. Total length, 3j in. Wing, 2 in. Tail, l^ in. Bill, j in. 



10. Agyrtria bartletti. 



Thaumatias harttelti, Gould, P. Z. S. (18G6), p. 194.— Muls., Ilist. Nat. Ois. Jloncli., torn, i, p. 2.55.— Eli.tot, 

 Ibis (1878), p. .53. 



Hah. Banks of the Upper Ucayali, eastern Peru. 



Adult. Upper parts and flanks dark grass-green. Throat and breast purplish-blue. 

 Centre of abdomen grayish-white. Under tail cown'ts blackish-brown margined 

 with grayish-white; upper tail coverts bronzy-green. Tail steel-black (in the female 

 tipped with gray). Maxilla brownish, mandible flesh-color; feet blackish-brown. 

 Wings purple. Total length, 3| in. Wing, 2\ in. Tail, I5 in. Culmen, | in. 



11. *Agyrtria nitidifrons. 



Thaumatias nitidifrons, Gould. P. Z. S. (18C0), p. 308.— Id., Men. Trocli., vol. v, pi. 297.— In., Intr. Trocli., 

 octavo C(l.. p. 153 (1861).— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, i, [). 238.— Elliot, Ibis (1878), p. 52. 



Hah. Vcnezeula.'? 



Achdt. "Crown of the head, face, chest, and neck glittering green: abdomen and 

 flanks golden-green; back, shoulders, and rump bronzy-green; tail pale bronzy 

 grayish-green, with a zone of purjilish-brown crossing the four lateral feathers on 

 each side near their tips ; inider tail coverts gray with a patch of bronzy-g-cen in 



