On neiv and little.-knoion Species of Trochilidee. 595 



~~~" XL VII. — On some new and little-known Species of Tro- 

 chilidee. By OsBERT Salvin and F. D. Godman. 



(Plate XVI.) 



The following notes relate to certain species of Trochilida 

 which have recently come into our possession. We publish 

 them in order to render them available for the completion of 

 the ' Supplement to the Trochilidee/ commenced shortly 

 before his death by the late John Gould, and now, we under- 

 stand, to be brought to a conclusion. 



Glaucis dohrni. 



Mr. Whitely has lately brought us a specimen of this spe- 

 cies in good condition ; and we have compared it with the 

 three examples in the Gould collection now in the British 

 Museum, which include the types of Grypus spixi and Glaucis 

 dohrni. There can be no doubt now that both these names 

 must be referred to one species, Glaucis dohrni, and that the 

 differences assigned to them are to be attributed to a differ- 

 ence of sex. The more bronzy red colour of the type of 

 G. spixi is probably due to the specimen having at one time 

 been preserved in spirits. 



Our specimen is apparently a male, and is of a somewhat 

 brassy green above, as is the type of G. dohrni. 



As regards the generic position of this species, it seems to 

 occupy a somewhat intermediate place between Grypus and 

 Glaucis. The bill is nearly as straight as in the former 

 genus ; but the serration of the extremities of the mandibles 

 is not so fully developed, neither are the terminal hooks. 

 In the coloration of the rectrices it stands alone. On the 

 whole, it had best stand in Glaucis, where Mr. Elliot finally 

 decided to place it (Syn. H. B. p. 7). 



Anthocephala floriceps. 



In Mr. Simons^s last collection is a specimen of this species, 

 the first female that has vet been obtained, the male having 

 hitherto remained unique in the late Mr. Gould's cabinet. 

 The only difference that we can detect between it and the 



