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72. Anthogephala flokiceps, Gould. P. Z. S., 1853, p. 62. 



Metallura floriceps, Reich. Aufz. der Col., 1853, p. 8. 



Adelomyia floriceps, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. Ill, p. 202. 



Blossom Croion, Gould. Mod. Troch., vol. Ill, p. 202. 



U A ntocephale a tete r^ose, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 t. Ill, p. 126. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Male. — Forehead buffy-white, passing to a beautiful deep 

 peach-blossom hue on the crown. Throat gray, passing into 

 the rufous of the abdomen ; Wings purplish-brown. Middle 

 tail feathers bronzy, lateral bronzy at the base passing into pur- 

 plish-black and largely tipped with buff. Bill black; feet appa- 

 rently light brown. « Gould. Mon. Troch. » 



This extremely rare species was probably discovered in 

 Columbia, by Linden. 



Genus XXV. Microchera, Gould. Int. Troch., 1861, p. 82. 



Type : M. albocoronata, Gould. 



Size minute. Bill long as the head, slender, straight. Grown 

 snow white. Feathers of forehead projecting on the culmen. 

 Nostrils covered. Wings long, primaries rather broad. Tail 

 short, square. Tarsi clothed. Sexes unlike. 



Habitat. — Costa-Rica, Nicaragua, Veragua. 



73. Microchera albogoronata, Lawr. Ann. N.-Y. Lye. Nat. 



Hist., 1853, vol. VI, p. 137. 



Snoio Cap, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. II, p. 116. 



La Microchere a couronne blanche, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



Mou., 1876, vol. HI, p. 133. 



Habitat. — Veragua (Columbia). 



Male. — Grown silky snow-white. Neck purple-black. Rest 

 ot uppersidedark shining purple with black reflections. Throat 

 greenish-black. Breast and flanks dark purplish-black. Abdo- 

 men black. Undertail coverts white. Median rectrices dark- 

 bronze ; lateral white at base, then bluish-black with a narrow 

 white band at tips. Wings purple. Maxilla black. Mandible 

 brownish. 



Total length, 2 |in.: Wings, l|. Tail, \. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Upperside bronzy-green. Underside white. Same 

 size as male. 



This beautiful species is very rare. I have only one male spe- 

 cimen collected by Arce, in Veragua. It was discovered by Doc- 

 tor J.Jv. Meritt. 



74. Microchera parvirostris, Lawr. Ann. N.-Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., 



1870, p. 122. 



Purple Snow Cap, Gould. Mon. Troch. Suppl., p. 40. 



