Genera of Hiiuiming Birds. igg 



Hcmithylacn aglaiae, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., iS6o, 

 t. iii., p. 36. 



Errana jacunda, Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, p. 188. 

 Rieffer's Amazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. v., p. 311. 



/'Aria line de Rieffer, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1874, 

 t. i., p. 317. 

 Habitat. — ^Mexico, Central, America, Columbia, and Ecuador. 



Male. — Upperside shining bronze-green, with golden re- 

 flections. Uppertail-coverts reddish-chestnut. Tail chestnut, 

 all the rectrices more or less margined and tipped bronze. In 

 some specimens, especially from Costa Rica, and Guatemala, 

 the margins and tips of rectrices are purplish-black bronze. 

 Throat and breast brilliant metallic grass-green, golden in some 

 specimens. Abdomen and flanks pale brown, washed with 

 green feathers. Undertail-coverts rufous. Wings purplish. 

 Bill flesh colour with black tips. Thighs, and a tuft on each 

 side of vent white. 



Total length, 4in. Wing, 2\. Tail, \\. Culmen, ~. 



Female. — Less brightly coloured than the male. 



This is one of the most common species, and with the 

 widest range. I have collected many specimens in Guatemala, 

 Costa Rica, and Panama, and I cannot see the least difference 

 between these and the specimens which I have from Columbia 

 and Ecuador. Therefore, I think as Mr. Elliot, that all of 

 them belong to the same species. 



■^286. Amazilia lawrencei, Elliot, Auk., i88g, pp. 209-210. 



Aniazilia aeneobriinnca, Chap., Journ. fur Ornith., i88g, 

 p. 32g. 



Laivrence's Amazili. 



I' Amazili dc Lawrence. 



Habitat. — Columbia ? 



Crown of head, neck, back, upperwing-coverts, and upper- 

 tail coverts dull bronzy-green. Wings purple, base of primaries 

 and secondaries blackish. Throat, sides of neck, and breast 

 glittering grass-green; lower part of flanks and abdomen very 

 dark chestnut-brown; undertail-coverts cinnamon. Tail bright 

 chestnut, tips and edges of both webs bluish-black, most 

 extensive on lateral feathers, reaching on outer webs nearly 



