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TnocHiLUS ( ?) FLABELLiFERus. Tvock. ccipite, collo, ct pectore, 



nitide saturate cyaneo ; dorso, uropygio, tectricihus caudce supert- 

 oribus, et lateribus nitide viridibus ; lato maculo ad nucham semi- 

 lunari, abdomine, tectricibus caudce inferioribus, et caudd (tlbis ; 

 caudce plumis ad exlremam pogoniam fusco niarginatis ; alis nigro- 

 fuscis purpureo splendentibus . 

 Ali the head, neck and chest rich deep shining blue ; back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts and flanks shining green ; a broad crescent-shaped 

 mark at the back of the neck, abdomen, under tail-coverts and tail 

 pure white, the feathers of the latter bordered at the extremity with 

 brown ; wings blackish bro\vn, with purple reflections. 

 Totai length, 5 inches; bill, 11; wing, 3; tail, 2. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



Closely allied to T. mellivora, but distinguished from that species 

 by its much greater size and by the narrowness and browner colour 

 of the bordering of the tail-feathers. 



Trochilus ( ?) STROPHiANUS. Troch. maculo viridi infrontem 



splendenti ; lato maculo semilunari, inter violaceam gulam et ab- 

 dominem viridem, albo ; rectricibus nigris. 



On the forehead. immediately above the bill, a luminous spot of 

 green ; crown of the head, all the upper surface and abdomen dull 

 green ; throat rich bluish violet, separated from the green of the 

 abdomen by a broad lunate gorget of white; all the tail-feathers 

 black; wings blackish brown, with purple reflections; under tail- 

 coverts -vvhite ; bill black. 



Totai length, 4į inches; bill, į; wing, 2^; tail, 1|. 



Hab. Precise locality unknown. 



Nearly allied to but smaller than the Ornismyce Clarisse and 

 Parzudaki. 



