INTRODUCTION. xlvii 



55. CaMPYLOPTERUS LATIPENNIS Vol. 11. PI. 48. 



Campyloptents ktipennis, Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. torn. iii. p. 709. 



largipemis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 12. 



Habitat, Cayenne and British Guiana. 



In my account of C. latipennis I have stated my beUef that another species of that particular form would be 

 found to inhabit Ecuador, as I have in my collection a specimen received direct from Quito which does not accord 

 wath C. latipennis nor with the bird I have called C. obscurus. The tipping of the two or three outer tail-feathers 

 of this Ecuadorian bird is about a quarter of an inch in length. Judging from the form of the shafts of the 

 primaries, it appears to be a female or a young male; and had I not seen very many specimens of C. latipennis, I 

 should have supposed it to belong to that species. The bill is a little longer than that of C. latipennis, and so also 

 are the wings ; as in that species, all the under-surface is pure grey, while the upper part of the body is uniform 

 green. I beUeve that two specimens from the same country are in the Loddigesian collection. Provisionally, I 

 propose for this bird the name of C Mquatorialis, 



56. Campylopterus ^Equatorialis, Gould, 



Habitat. Ecuador. 



57. Campylopterus obscurus, Gould ........... Vol. II. PI. 49. 



Habitat, Forests bordering the Lower Amazon. 



58. Campylopterus rufus, Less. . Vol. II. PI. 50. 



Platystylopterus rufus, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 11 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 788. figs. 4834-35. 



Habitat. Guatemala. 



Mr. Salvin noticed that, during the first season of his residence in Guatemala, this species was so scarce 

 at Duenas that he was induced to believe it to be an inhabitant of a higher district, especially as it was more 

 numerous about Atitlan. The next year it was just as abundant, and, instead of being one of the rarest, was one 

 of the most familiar species. He adds that the flowers of the Banana (Musa^ were much resorted to by this bird. 



59. Campylopterus hyperythrus. Cab Vol, II. PI. 51. 



Campylopterus hyperythrus. Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. tom. iii. p. 709. 



Platystylopterus hyperythrus, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 11 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pi. 789. figs. 4836-38. 



Loxoptems hyperythrus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 13. 



Habitat. The Roraima Mountains, in the interior of British Guiana. 



Genus Ph^ochroa, Gould, 



(^aL09, fuscus, et Xpoa, color.) 

 Generic characters. 



Male. — Bill longer than the head, and slightly arched ; wings large ; the shafts of the first and second prima- 

 ries, slightly dilated; tail moderately long and square, or very slightly rounded; tarsi partially clothed; feet rather 

 large ; hind toe shorter than the middle toe ; claws short. 



60. PHiEOCHROA CUVIERT. 



Campylopterus Cuvieri Vol. II. PI. 52. 



Aphantochroa Cuvieri, Cab. et Hein. Mus, Hein. Theil iii. p. 14. 

 Habitat. Venezuela, New Granada, Panama, and Veragua. 



61. Ph/eochroa Roberti Vol. II. PL 53. 



Habitat. Vera Paz Mountains in Guatemala. 



We next arrive at a genus characterized by a very sombre style of colouring. It will be seen that I have 

 proposed the generic appellation of Aphantochroa for the Trochilus cirrhochloris of Vieillot. I have since added 

 another species to this form under the name A. gularis. Up to the present moment (July 1861) no second speci- 

 men of this bird has been sent to Europe : when we receive others, it may be necessary to institute a still further 



