2o6 Genera of Hiinuniiig Birds. 



Sniicerottia inaria, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, 

 P- 255- 



Chlorestes, uiariae, Reich., Troch. Enum., 1865, p. 4. 



Paiivclilora uiariae, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 49. 



Amazilia dumerili, Salv., Ibis., i860, p. 270. 



Era una deviliei, Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, p. 188. 



Deville s Aniazili, Gould, Men. Troch., vol. v., p. 313. 



Le Pyrrhophene de Deville, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1874, t. i.. p. 306. 



Habitat. — Guatemala. 



Male. — Head metallic green. Neck and back dark shining 

 green. Lower part of back and rump reddish-bronze. Upper- 

 tail coverts dark bluish-purple. Tail brilliant red-purple, with 

 bluish-purple tips and margins on all the feathers. Under- 

 side brilliant metallic green. Tuft of white between flanks 

 and rump. Tibiae enveloped in white down feathers. Under- 

 tail-coverts rufous with grayish edges. The base of the 

 primaries and secondaries, both above and beneath, chestnut- 

 red, rest purplish-brown. Maxilla black. Mandible flesh 

 colour with black tip. 



Total length, 3iin. Wing, 2^. Tail, \\. Culmen, ^. 



Female. — Exactly like the male, but not so brightly coloured, 

 lateral rectrices chestnut-purple, with a slight gray margin on 

 tips, undertail-coverts, pale brown edged with white. 



This species was discovered in Guatemala, by Delattre. 



■^297. Amazilia cyanura, Gould, Mon. Troch, 1850, vol. v., 



P- 315- 



Hcniithvlaca cvaniira, Cab. and Hein, Mus. Hein, i860, 

 t. iii., p. 38. 



Pyrrhophaena cyanura, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 60. 



Blue-failed Aniazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. 5, p. 315. 



Le Pyrrhophene cyanare, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1874, 

 t. i., p. 308. 



Habitat. — Guatemala, Nicaragua. 



Male. — The only difference between this species and A 

 mariae, consists in the colour of the tail and upper and under- 



