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cauda azureo resplendentibus , utrinque ultramarino circumdatis ; 

 alis ultramarino striatis, remigibus atris : subtus tota alba, Lg. tot. 

 5,8; rostr. 1,8; al. 2,5; caud. 1,25; tars. 0,35; dig. med. 0,6; dig. 

 post. 0,2. 



Hab.: Solomon Islands. 



TROOHILIDAE. 



Bourceria assimilis. 



D. G. Ellioth, Monogr. of the Trochilidae 1879. p. 78. 



Top of head blackish-brown; nape black with a bluish gloss. 

 Back black, but viewed from beliind iridescent, being metallic-red 

 graduating into golden on tlie rump. Chin brownisli-black ; throat 

 metallic-purple. On either side of the ehest a large patch of 

 white. Ünder parts black with a purple gloss. Under tail coverts 

 black fringed with white; upper tail coverts dark purple. Tail 

 purplish - black. Bill black. Total length 4% in. Wing 2^8 i^- 

 Tail 2 in. Culmen l^ie i"» Although the general plumage of the 

 bird is like the B. prunellif the coloring of the throat is very 

 diöerent, approaching that of the B. Wüsoni. Hab. Ecuador. 



Campylo'pterus phainope'plus. 



Salviu and F. du Cane Godman, Ibis 1879. p. 202. 



(J splendide viridescens, capite summo et fronte paulo obscurio- 

 ribus, gula tota nitide caerulea, alis et cauda chalybeo-cyaneis, hac 

 unicolori: Lg. 5,3, al. 2,8, caud. 1,8, rostr. a. riet. 1,1. 



Hab.: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Columbia. 



Lieucolia Pelzeini. 



Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1879. p. 239. 



$ Rostrum subarenatum, dimidia parte corporis sublongius; 

 pileo viridi nitido; corpore supra viridi-subcupreo ; cauda subtrun- 

 cata, vix emarginata, rectricibus viridi-aeneis , externis in apice 

 cinereis et macula longitudinali fusca notatis; corpore subtus albo 

 sericeo; lateribus colli et capitis maculis splendidis viridi-caeruleis 

 ornatis; lateribus epigastrii viridi maculatis; ventris lateribus viri- 

 dibus; subcaudalibus albis. 



Hab.: Guajango, Nord du Perou. 



CYP8ELIDAE. 



Cypselus Lowi. 



Sharp e, P. Z. S. 1879. p. 333. 



C. similis C. infumato, sed multo major, et corpore subtus 

 cinerascente et cauda vix fuscata distinguendo. Lg. 5, al. 5,3, caud. 2, 

 tars. 0,7. 



Hab.: Labuan Island. 



AMPELIDAE. 

 — Ghiromachaeris coronata. 



Boucard, P. Z. S. 1879. p, 178. pl. XVIL 



Head black encircled by yellow feathers forming a Coronet; 

 back, tail-and wing coverts silky black; wings and tail brownish 

 black, paler internally; throat and breast black; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts grey with a whitish spot in the centre of each 



