AMAZILIA. ^ 223 



15. *Amazilia cyanura. 



Amazilia cyanura, Gould, Mon. Troch., ]it. xviii (1850), and vol. v, pi. 31:'). 

 Hemilhylaca cyanura, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii. p. 38 (note 14) (18C0). 



Pyrrhophama cyanura, Gould, Intr. Troeh., octavo cd., p. 160 (1861).— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouth.. Xom. i, 

 p. 308. 



Hah. Guatemala, Nicaragua. 



Adult. "Head, all the upper surface, and wing coverts dark bronzy-green, pass- 

 ing into coppery-bronze on the lower jiart of the back ; wings purplish-brown ; the 

 base of the primaries and secondaries both above and beneath chestnut-red; under 

 surface shining grass-green ; upper and under tail coverts and tail dark steel-blue, 

 the under coverts fringed with gray; thighs white. Total length, li^ in. Wing, 

 2| in. Tail, 1.^ in. Bill, | in."— (Gould, Mon. Troch.) 



16. ^Amazilia iodnra. 



TrocMlus iodurus, Saccerottb, Mus. Ilein. 



Saucerottia iodura, EEirH., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853). 



Chlorestes iodurus, Reich., Troch. Enum., p. 4, t. 698, figs. 4.5G0-61 (1855). 



Hemilhylaca iodura, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein. Th., iii, p. 39 (1860). 



Pyrrhophmna iodura, Gould, Intr. Troch., octavo ed., p. 159 (1861). — Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch., torn, i, 



p. 299. 

 Eratina iodura, Heine, Journ. fur Oruitb. (1863), p. 190. 



Hah. Columbia. 



'•Capite, collo, pectore, dorso superiore, tectricibusque alarum splendide vires- 

 centibus, gulapaululum albo intermixta; alis ca?rulco-virescentibus latissime pallide 

 fulvescente-limbatis ; cauda splendide purpureo-violacea; abdomine fulvescente ; 

 crisso albido.— Long, tot., 3" 3'"; al., 2"; caud., 1" 2'"; rostr. culm., 9'"."— (Cab. 

 and Hein., loc. cit.) 



I have not seen this species. 



17. Amazilia lucida. 



Amazilia lucida, Elliot, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877). 



Hub. Columbia. 



Adult. Crown of the head dark metallic grass-green; upper surface shining grass- 

 green, lighter than the head. Upper tail coverts golden-bronze. Tliroat, breast, 

 abdomen, and flanks metallic grass-green, a light mouse-colored spot on the lower 

 part of the abdomen. Thighs white, feathers fluffy. Under tail coverts dark 

 bronzy-brown, edged Avith white. Wings dark purple. Tail reddish-bronze, darkest 

 in the centre of the feathers along the shafts, with the tips of the lateral rectrices 

 bluish-black, their edges reddish-bronze. This bluish-black color almost resolves 

 itself into a subterminal bar, and is especially conspicuous on the under side of the 

 tail. Bill brownish-red, flesh-color in life, tip blackish. Total length, 3^ in. Wing, 

 2i in. Tail, 1\ in. Culmen, f in. (Type in my collection.) 



