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SYNOPSIS OF THE UUM MING -BIRDS. 



1. Timolia lerchi. 



Thalurania lerchi, MnLS. and Terr., Ann. Linn. Soc, Lyon (1868).— Salv. and Elliot, Ibis (1873), p. 360. 



Klliot, Ibis (lb74), p. 204. 

 Timolia lerchi, Muls., Cat. Ois. Moucli. (1875), p. 23. 



Hab. Columbia. 



Male. Fore part of head and a spot on the chin shining deep bhie. Upper parts 

 dark grass-green, passing into reddish-bronze on the upper tail coverts. Entire 

 under parts grass-green. Under tail coverts olive-green. Wings puvplish-brown. 

 Tail steel-black. Maxilla black, mandible flesh-color, tip black. Total length, 41 

 in. Wing, 2j in. Tail, Ig in. Culmen, J| in. (Type in my collection, unique.) 



Following EuCEPHALA comes the genus Juliamtia, composed of small birds, with 

 plumage of glittering green and dark blue. Two species only are known, differing 

 from each other in the coloration of their crowns. 



Genus CXIIL— JULIAMYIA. 



Juliamyia, Bon., Kev. and Mag. Zool. (1854), p. 255. 



Ch. Bill as long as the head, straight, slender ; 

 nostrils partly exposed. Tail cuneate, feathers nar- 

 row and pointed. Wings moderate. Tarsi bare. 

 Sexes unlike. 



Range. Panama, Columbia, and Ecuador. 



Type. 

 T. Julie, Bourc. 



Fig. 120. 



Key to the sjiecics. 



A. Throat and breast glittering green. Abdomen rich blue. 



a. Top of head dull green. 



b. Top of head metallic grass-green. 



Juliamyia lypiax. i W752. New Griaaaa. 



1. J. typica. 



2. J. feliciana. 



This genus was established by Bonaparte (1. c), employing as his type (if the 

 first species given is to be so considered) the Trocliilus juUe, Bourc, and the T. 

 atvabiUs, Gould, as the second species. A year previoihs, Reichenbach, Aufz. der 

 Colib., p. 7, instituted the genus DamopMJa with T. julie, Bourc, as his type, and 

 T. amahilis as the other species. Strictly speaking I suppose Eeichenbach's term 

 would stand for the T. julie, but in order to avoid confusion I have employed the 

 term Juliamtia for iypka and its ally, and Damophila for amahilis, as has been 

 done by other authors. 



