1184 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



Nos. 2443, 3773. S d imm. Noanama, 100 ft., 4.i. ; Siato, 

 5200 ft., 24.ix.09.— Wing 54; tail 39, 36 ; bill 20, 18 mm. 



Nos. 2051, 2447. $ $ ad. Noanama : 2.ix. 08, 5.i.09.— Wing 

 50, 51 ; tail 31, 32| ; bill 20 mm. 



" Iris and bill black ; feet in males black, in females grey." 



The differences between T. fannyi and T. verticeps Gould*, 

 from Western Ecuador, have been well pointed out by Simon & 

 Dalmas. The adult male shows all the characters assigned to 

 fannyi, viz , the very dark, almost black colour of the occiput and 

 mantle, the nearly complete, violet-blue interscapular band, the 

 deeply forked tail, etc. The blue margin bordering posteriorly the 

 glittering green crown t is not a constant featui-e, it being well 

 developed in No. 3773, scarcely indicated in No. 2443, and com- 

 pletely absent in No. 281 4 ( cJ ad.). Both of the females have the 

 shining bluish shoulder-patch as described by Simon & Dalmas. 



T. fannyi is restricted to Western Colombia, ranging from 

 sea-level up to about 5000 feet in the western slope of the Coast 

 Cordillera %. In Western Ecuador it is replaced by T. verticeps 

 Gould, which may be only subspecifically separable. 



146. Chalybura ueochrysa Gould. 



Hyptiroptila ttrochrysa Gould, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 198 (1861.— 

 " Panama "). 



Chalybura buffoni (errore) Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 529 (Remedies, Santa Elena). 



H. urochrysea Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 89 (Medellin, 

 Remedies). 



Chalybura urochrysea Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. 1898, p. 494 

 (Cachabi, N.W. Ecuador). 



Nos. 2083, 2329, 2581. S 6 ad. Sipi : 12.ix.08; Novita : 

 23.xi.08; Condoto: l.iv.09.— Wing 67-70| ; tail 42-46; bill 

 23^-24 mm. 



No. 2218. S imm. Rio Cajon : 28.X.08.— Wing 68| ; tail 42 ; 

 bill 24 mm. 



Nos. 2091, 2099, 2161, 2221. $ $ ad. Sipi: 18, 21.ix., 

 6.X.0S; Rio Cajon : 29.X.08.— Wing 62-66 ; tail 38-42; bill 21|- 

 24 mm. 



" Iris black, feet pink, maxilla black, mandible pink ( $ ), light 

 brown ( cj" )." 



This rare species is easily recognizable by its bronze-green tail, 

 combined with the pale mandible. The females have the six 

 outer tail-feathers distinctly tipped with greyish white, and 

 the under tail-coverts pale mouse-grey (brownish grey). The 

 specimens obtained by Salmon in Antioquia I have examined 



* In Jardiiie's Contrib. to Ornith. 1851, pt. ii. p. 79, pi. Ixxi. (Apr. 1851. — Quito, 

 Ecuador). 



t Cfr. Hartert, Tierreich, livr. 9, 1900, p. 85. 



X The reported occurrence at Popayan and Pasto (!) does not rest upon reliable 

 authority. 



