1867.] MR. O. SALVIN ON THE BIRDS OF VERAGUA. 155 



-f 167. Selasphorus scintilla, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 162; 

 Mon. Troch. iii. pi. 138. 



Volcano of Cbiiiqui (JVarszewicz). 



-f 168. Clais guimeti, Bourc. et Muls. ; Gould, Mou. Trocli. iv. 

 •pi. 210. 



Santa Fe ; Santiago de Veragua. 



This species has, I believe, not hitherto been noticed so far north. 

 Arce also obtained numerous specimens near Chepo, a village situ- 

 ated to the south of the Panama Railway. 



•4-169. FlORISUGA MELLIVORA (L.). 



Santiago de Veragua and Cordillera de Tolc. 



SA70. Heliothrix barroti, Bourc. 



Heliothrix purpureiceps, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 216. 



Santa Fe. 



These specimens agree with others from Panama and Guatemala, 

 which Mr. Gould considers to be of this species. 



-■- 171. Heliomaster longirostris (Vieill.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 140. 



Heliomaster stuartce, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. vii. p. 107, & ibid, 

 p. 291 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 138 ; Sclater & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 365. 



H. sclateri. Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. iii. p. 54. 



Santa Fe ; Cordillera de Toll'. 



Veraguan specimens agree with others from New Granada (Bogota 

 make) and from Panama, all doubtless belonging to the race distin- 

 guished by Mr. Lawrence as H. stuartce. Mr. Gould, since he 

 wrote his ' Introduction to the Trochilidse,' has received from Mr. 

 Lawrence a type of that species, and after close examination con- 

 siders that the New Granadan bird does not differ from the well- 

 known bird of Trinidad ; nor can he sust;iin the distinctions which 

 the Venezuelan bird, //. sclateri, Cab. & Hein., is said to possess. 

 In this view I agree, after having compared about forty specimens 

 (INIr. Gould's and our own) from various localities. The Mexican 

 and Guatemalan bird (//. pallidiceps, Gould) appears always to have 

 the shining crown of a paler green tint, and is in this respect disthi- 

 guishable in a slight degree from the more southern bird. Speci- 

 mens from Costa Rica are rel'erable to H. longirostris. 



— 172. Erythronota niveiventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 164; 

 Mon. Troch. v. pi. 319 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 140. 



Santiago de Veragua; Yi?i\\d {Bridges) ; Chiriqui {Warssewicz) . 



This is a scarce species ; I have seen a large number of its close 

 ally E. edvardi, but have not been able to detect more than two or 

 three specimens of this. The only diflference between the two con- 

 sists in the deeper colouring of the tail of this bird. This character, 

 however, appears quite constant. 



