4SJ: Descriptions of New Species of Trochilidce. 



and of the breast golden ; the bill longer and curved, and the 

 feathers of the tail broader at their ends than at base, instead 

 of being obtusely pointed. D. enicura, from Guatemala, is so 

 different from the others that no comparison need be made. 

 In the specimens of D. bryantoe before me, the feathers of the 

 throat appear somewhat dull and worn, later in the season the 

 color would no doubt be brighter. 



I have named this fine species in compliment to Mrs. Bryant, 

 the widow of my friend, the late Dr. Henry Bryant, of Boston. 

 In the Proceedings of the Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist, for 1859, 

 Dr. Bryant gave an interesting account of D. evelynce, a beau- 

 tiful ally of the above species, several specimens of which he 

 obtained at the Bahamas in that year ; Mr. Gould states that 

 these were the first procured since the discovery of the type, 

 thirty years previously. 



Oreopyra venusta. 



Male. Front and entire crown of a metallic pale green when 

 looked at from the front, on a side view bluish green ; upper 

 plumage besides, of a rather dull shining green, somewhat golden; 

 upper tail coverts of a much darker green than the back ; tail steel 

 blue; wings brownish purple; below the ear coverts there is a 

 white postocular stripe ; gorget of a deep lustrous violet, reddish 

 in some lights and bluish in others; lower part of throat and the 

 breast glittering deep grass green ; abdomen ashy intermixed with 

 dull green, sides dull green ; under tail coverts dull olive green, 

 just edged with grayish white ; bill black ; the feet dark brown, 

 the soles pale yellow. 



Length 4£ in. ; wing 2\\ ; tail If ; bill |. 



Habitat. — Costa Rica. From Mr. Garsia's collection. 



Remarks. — In the distribution of its colors, this species ap- 

 pears to resemble 0. caloIce?na, Salv., but in that species the 

 crown and breast are stated to be greenish blue, and the throat 

 coruscating reddish violet : in the present species there is no blue 

 in the coloring of the breast, nor is the gorget at all of a corns- 



