404 Six New Species of Birds of the families 



5. Thaumatias viridicaudus, nov sp. 



Female. Front and crown dull green, the occiput bronzy, the 

 rest of the upper plumage shining green ; the four central tail 

 feathers are grass green, all the others are green, having a sub- 

 terminal band of blackish purple, with their ends ashy grey ; wings 

 brownish purple ; throat, cheeks, middle of breast and of abdo- 

 men and under tail coverts white, sides of the breast and of the 

 abdomen glittering grass green ; " eyes black ; upper mandible 

 black, the lower pinkish till near the point, then black;" feet black, 

 with the soles pale yellow. 



Length (fresh), 4| in.; wing, 2^; tail, If ; bill, ff. 



Habitat. — New Granada, Buenaventura. Collected by Mr. 

 Fred. Hicks, August, 1864. 



Specimen in Mus. Smith. Institution. 



Remarks. — In size and general appearance this species some- 

 what resembles T. leueogaster, from Brazil and Guiana ; but it 

 has a shorter and rather stouter bill. In T. leueogaster the 

 crown and cheeks are shining green, the outer tail feathers 

 black, and the green of the under plumage golden. The pre- 

 sent species may be known from all others of the genus by the 

 coloring of the tail, and the white of the cheeks extending to 

 the eyes. 



The specimen is marked as a female, but the sexes in this 

 genus do not differ materially. The grey terminations to the 

 outer tail feathers may be an indication of immaturity, but I 

 think not, for if due to that cause, they would probably be 

 white. 



6. Amazilia (Pyrrophsena) Graysoni, nov. sp. 



Upper plumage of a bronzed brownish olive, with a slight 

 greenish shade in some positions, duller on the front and crown ; 

 upper tail coverts cinnamon, a few of them with their centres olive 



