596 Messrs. O. Salvin and F. D. Godman on 



type is in the bill, which is somewhat longer than in the male 

 specimen. It also has the head the same colour as the back, 

 doubtless a sexual character. This specimen was shot at 

 San Jose, on 30th March, 1880, at an elevation of 5000 feet 

 above the sea, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and 

 therefore not far from the place where the original example 

 was secured. 



Except that the head of the male of this species is coloured 

 in a remarkable manner, there is nothing in it that we can 

 see to prevent it being included in the genus Adelomyia, 

 where, indeed, Gould first placed it, and to which we think it 

 may well be restored. The female very strongly resembles 

 the well-known members of Adelomyia, the chief point of 

 distinction being the absence of spots on the throat. 



TiMOLIA LERCHI. 



To Mr. Whitely we are also indebted for a skin of this 

 species — the second, so far as we know, that has been ob- 

 tained. This specimen, Mr. Whitely informs us, he found in 

 a collection of Brazilian birds ; but there is nothing in the 

 make-up of the skin to guide our opinion as to its origin. 

 The type of T. lercM, which is now in Mr. Elliotts collection, 

 is said to have been obtained in Colombia. The true habitat 

 of the species has yet to be ascertained. 



In determining this specimen we have been guided by 

 Mulsant's description and figure (Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch. iv. 

 p. 191) and an original drawing in one of the late Mr. Gould's 

 portfolios. There can be little doubt our bird is of this spe- 

 cies ; but the colouring of the head, though of a decidedly 

 blue cast, is not as blue as the figure and description would 

 lead one to expect. 



EUCEPHALA PYROPYGIA, Sp. U. 



Viridis, capite summo et corpore subtus nitenti-cseruleo- 

 viridibus, gutture toto medio cseruleo Isete lavato; 

 dorso postico russato, tectricibus supracaudalibus cupre- 

 scenti-rubidis; alis fuscis; cauda vix rotundata, chalybeo- 

 nigra; rostro nigro ; long, tota 3*4, alee 1*9, caudae rectr. 

 med. 1"1, rectr. ext. I'O, rostri a rictu 0"9. 

 Hab. (ut dicitur) . Respublica iEquatorialis. 



