Messrs. Salvin and Elliot on the Trochilidae. 355. 



1. THALURANIA GLAUCOPIS. 



Trochilus glaucopis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 497. 



Thalurania glaucopis, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. ii. p. 99; 

 Intr. Trochil. p. 76. 



Hab. Brazil. 



This well-marked species, one of the largest of this genus, 

 is an inhabitant of Eastern Brazil, where it is apparently very 

 common. 



We have examined the following specimens : — 



Rio Janeiro : one {Youds), Mus. S. & G. Bahia : 'one 

 {Wucherer), Mus. S. & G. Brazil : two, Mus. S. & G. ; two 

 [ex Gould), Mus. D. G. E. ; one (Verr.), Mus. P. L. S. 



-j~2. Thalurania luci^. 



Thalurania luciee, Lawr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. (1862), 

 vol. vii. p. 2. 



Hab. Tres Marias Islands. 



Of this species we have never seen a second example, the 

 type being in the collection of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. It is the most northern species of the genus — the T. 

 eriphile {venusta, Gould) having been, before the discovery 

 of the present bird, always considered as going further north 

 than any of its relatives, viz. to Nicaragua. According to 

 Mr. Lawrence T. lucice closely resembles T. glaucopis ! the 

 differences being that the Brazilian bird has " the bill en- 

 tirely black, the covering of the thighs dark brown tipped 

 with white, and the feet brown above and bright yellow 

 below, whereas in the new species the bill is partly yellow, 

 the thighs nearly pure white, and the feet very pale." We 

 should hardly consider the characters thus given by Mr. Law- 

 rence sufficient to establish a species. • 



-f-3. Thalurania columbica. 



Ornismya columbica, Bourc. & Muls. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 2. 



Thalurania columbica, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. ii. pi. 106; 

 Intr. Troch. p. 78. 



Thalurania venusta, Gould, V. Z. S. 1850, p. 163; Intr. 

 Troch. p. 78. 



Hub. Costa Rica, Veragua, and Columbia. 



