Genera of Hunijuing Birds. 199 



Hcynithylaca aglaiae, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., 1S60, 

 t. iii., p. 36. 



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



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



I'Arianne 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 wdth 

 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, i^. 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. 



■5^286. Amazilia lawrencei, Elliot, Auk., 1889, pp. 209-210. 



Amazilia aeneobniiinea, Chap., Journ. fur Ornith., 1889, 

 p. 329. 



Lawrence's Amazili. 



r Amazili de Laivrence. 



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 



