Messrs. Salvm and Elliot on the Trochilidte. 359 



valid species, and seems restricted to the island of Trinidad, 

 where it is not uncommon. It may probably also be found 

 in Venezuela ; but we have not seen any specimens from that 

 country. 



Our specimens are : — 



Trinidad: one (Bourcier), one (Whitely), Mus. D. G. E. 



9. Thalurania eriphile. 



Ornismya eriphile, Less. Hist. Nat. Colibris, p. 148, pi. 25. 

 Thalurania eriphile, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. ii. pi. 108; 

 Intr. Mon. Troch. p. 79. 



Trochilus verticeps, Gould, Jard. Contr. Ornith. 1851, p. 79, 



pi. 71. 



Thalurania verticeps, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. ii. pi. 107 ; 

 Intr. Mon. Troch. p. 78. 



Trochilus fanny i, Bourc. et Delatt. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 310. 



Thalurania fannies, Gould, Intr. Mon. Troch. p. 78. 



Hab. Brazil, Ecuador, and Columbia. 



This species was described and figured by Lesson in his 

 ' Histoire Naturelle des Colibris ' from specimens obtained in 

 Brazil ; and Mr. Gould gave to the same bird from Ecuador the 

 name of verticeps. We say the same bird ; for, with speci- 

 ment from both localities before us, we are unable to detect 

 any difference whatever between them, and therefore have no 

 hesitation in placing Mr. Gould's name as a synonym of eri- 

 phile, bestowed upon the species by Lesson. It will probably 

 be found to range from Brazil up the Amazonian valley into 

 Ecuador. 



In 1846 Messrs. Bourcier and Delattre described a bird 

 from Columbia as T.fannice. It is apparently inseparable 

 from the present species. Mr. Gould compared a specimen 

 from the " Andes of Quindiu," collected by Warscewicz, 

 with Bourcier's type, and found the only differences to be 

 that Bourcier's specimen was a little smaller, and the abdo- 

 men purple-blue instead of cold prussian blue. Regarding 

 these slight variations of no specific value, we have placed 

 T. fannia among the synonyms of T. eriphile. 



Our specimens are : — 



