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the centre of each ; tarsi grayish-brown; upper mandible black; under mandible 

 yellow-black at tip. Total length, 3^ in. Bill, f in. Wing, 1| in."— (Gould, loc. 

 cit.) 



12. *Agyrtria coeruleiceps. 



Thaumalias coeruleiceps, Gould, P. Z. S. (1860), p. 307. — Id., Intr. Troch., octavo cd., p. l.'")2. — Muls., Hist. 

 Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, i, p. 2-10.^Eli,iot, Ibis (1878), p. 52. 



Ilah. Columbia. 



Adult. "Crown of the head and back of the neck deep shining greenish-blue; 

 back and shoulders green, passing into bronzy-green on the rump and upper tail 

 coverts ; tail nearly uniform bronze, with a very faint indication of a zone of brown 

 across the outer feathers near the tip; wings purplish-brown; sides of the neck 

 glittering bluish-green, the blue tint predominating on the ear and immediately 

 under the eye; centre of the throat and chest broken glittering green and white; 

 flanks bronzy-green ; under tail coverts gray with brown centres ; upper mandible 

 dark brown ; under mandible yellow, except the tip, which is dark brown. Total 

 length, 31 in. Bill, jf in. Wing, 2| in. Tail, 1 in."— (Gould, loc. cit.) 



13. Agyrtria tephrocephala. 



Trochilus tcphroccphalus, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., torn. 2.S, p. 430. 



Ornismya teplxroccphala. Less., Ois. Mouch., p. 182, pi. 62 (1829). 



Ornismya albiventris, Less., Ois. Mouch., p. 209. pi. 76 (1829).— Id., Troch., p. 94, pi. 32 (1831).— D'Orb. and 



Lafres., Syn. Av., ii, p. .SO, sp. 18 (1838). 

 Polytmus (haumatias. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i, p. 108, sp. 40 (partim). 

 Thaumalias albiventris. Box., Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i, p. 78 (1850). — Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v. pi. 301. — 



Id., Intr. 'I'roch., octavo cd., p. 153 (1801). — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, i, p. 245. — Elliot, Ibis 



(1877), p. 138. 

 dodigena tephrocephala, Reich., Aufz. dor Colib., p. 7 (1853).— Id., Troch. Kiium., p. 3, pi. 687, fig. 4518 (1855). 

 Thaumanlias alhiventris, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. 

 Agyrtria albiventris, Reich. , Troch. Enum., p. 7, pi. 757, fig. 4744-45. — Cab. and IIein., Mus. Heiu. Th., iii, p. 



32 (1860). 

 Thaumalias tephrorephalus, Elliot, Ibis (1878), p. 48. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Adult. Upper surface dark green. Wings purple. Throat and chest shining 

 grass-green, flanks dull green. Abdomen and under tail coverts white. Median 

 rectrices, except the tips and basal portions of the rest, bronzy-green. Central parts 

 of lateral ones blackish, tips gray. Tips of median pair blackish. Maxilla and 

 point of mandible black, rest of latter flesh-color. Feet black. Total length, 3| 

 in. Wing, 2.1 in. Tail, 11 in. Culmen, f in. 



14. Agyrtria tobaci. 



Trochilus tobaci, Gmel., Syst. Av. (1788), p. 498. 

 Trochilus fobagensis, Lath., Ind. Orn. (1790), vol. i, p. 316. 

 Trochilus maculatus, Yieill., Ois. Dor., t. i, p. 87, pi. 44 (1802). 

 Trochilus tobago, Shaw., Gen. Zool., vol. viii, p. 350. 

 Ornismya viridissima. Less., Ois. Mouch., p. 207, pi. 75 (1S29). 

 Sauceroltia viridipectus, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 7 (1853). 



