208 MR. 0. SALVIN ON THE BIRDS OF VERAGUA. [Mar. 24, 
evidently belonging to a distinct species, I hesitated to describe. 
This specimen was shot at Bugaba. The last collection includes 
the male, which Arcé tells me his brother David obtained high up 
on the voleano of Chiriqui. That so fine a bird should have remained 
so long undiscovered seems singular; but the fact, I think, shows that 
the range of the species is extremely limited. 
No less than two other species of Lophornis are found in this por- 
tion of Central America, viz. :—L. helene, the Mexican and Guate- 
malan bird, which is also to be met with in Costa Rica; and the 
southern L. delattrii, which seems tu be abundant about Calobre 
and on the Isthmus of Panama. 
Gouldia conversi. 
Calovevora. 
135. TrocuiLus cotusris, L.; Gould, Mon. Troch. t. 131, 
Intr. p. 86. 
V. de Chiriqui. 
Though this species is found sparingly in Costa Rica, this is quite 
the most southern locality yet recorded for it, being doubtless the 
furthest point reached by a few individuals in their winter migration. 
Arcé has sent us a male in abraded plumage, and three females. 
136. SELASPHORUS TORRIDUS, Sp. 0. 
Supra virescens: alis purpurascenti-nigris: loris rufis, regione 
parotica rufa, nigro commixta: subtus gula tota nitente lilacino- 
rubra, plumis lateraliter elongatis: pectore, ventre medio et 
crisso albis, hypochondriis viridescente lavatis: cauda nigra, 
rectricibus lateralibus intus fere ad apicem rufo marginatis, 
rectrice extima utringue macula parva in pogonio interno prope 
apicem rufa notata, rectricibus mediis viridescente lavatis : 
rostri maxilla nigra, mandibule basi carnea, pedibus fuscis : 
long. tota 2°7, ale 1°6, caud@ 1°1, rostri a rictu 0°65. 
Fem. pileo obscuriore, plumis singulis totius gule fusco medialiter 
punctatis ; hypochondriis rufescentibus : cauda nigra, basi rufa, 
rectricibus tribus lateralibus albo terminatis, tertia et quarta 
extus rufo marginatis, mediis omnino viridescentibus. 
Hab. V. de Chiriqui (Arcé). 
The coloration of the throat of this species is peculiar, having a 
somewhat faded appearance. The tint is not brilliant red as in 
S. scintilla, nor does it resemble the gorget of S. platycercus, but 
is altogether of a more lilac hue. However, six males, sent by Arcé, 
are all so exactly alike that I cannot but suppose that the normal 
colour of the throat is shown. The lateral plumes of the throat, too, 
are elongated, rerninding one of Afthis heloise, and thus render the 
species distinct from all Selasphori except S. scintilla, from which 
it differs widely in other respects. The most nearly allied species 
appears to be S. flammula, Salv. (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 586), which, how- 
ever, has a differently coloured throat, as well as distinctive characters 
in the tail. 
