Genera of Humming Birds. 319 



le PctasopJiore dun vert de mer, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1875, t. ii., p. 149. 



Habitat .—MEXICO, and Guatemala. 



Male. — Precisely like P. cabanisi, excepting that the blue 

 line passing under the eyes starts from the chin, and the 

 centre of abdomen which is shining dark blue, the undertail- 

 coverts are margined with buff like P. cyanotis. 



Total length, 4i[in. Wing, 2y\. Tail, 2. Culmen, |-. 



Female. — Like the male, but less brilliant. 



I have collected this species in Mexico and in Guatemala. 



436. Petasophora ANAIS, Less., Troch., 1831, p. 146. 



Rampliodon anais, Less., Troch., 1831, p. 146. 



Polytmus anais, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Trochilus thalassinus, Jard., Hum. Birds, vol. ii., p. 47. 



Trochilus anais, Jard., Hum. Birds, vol. ii., p. 47. 



Colibri anais, Bon., Consp., Gen. Av., 1830, vol. i., p. 69. 



Praxilla anais, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ^3- 



Petasophora iolata, Gould, P.Z.S, 1847, p. 9. 



Polytmus iolata. Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Colibri iolata, Bon., Consp., Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., p. 59. 



Petasophora rhodotis, " Gould," Sauc. Mus. Hein. 



P axilla iolata, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- ^3- 



Pi?iarolaema buckleyi, Ann. and Mag., Nat. His., vol. x., 

 p. 489. 



Columbian Violet-ear, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 224. 



Bolivian Violet-ear, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 225. 



le Petasophore d' Anais, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1875, 

 vol. ii., p. 145. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside shining or golden-green. Median 

 rectrices bronze-green, laterals bluish-green with a subter- 

 minal dark bluish bar. Chin, line under the eye, ear coverts, 

 and centre of the abdomen metallic blue. Breast luminous 

 green, each feather with a dark central green streak, giving a 

 scaly appearance to that part. Undertail-coverts shining 



