ERYTHRONOTA SAUCEROTTEI. 



Saucerotte's Erythronote* 



Trochilus Saucerottei, Bourc. et Delatt. Rev. Zool., 1846, p. 311. 



Polytmus Saucerottii, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 108, Polytmus, sp. 67. 



Saucerottia typica, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., torn. i. p. 77 ; Id. Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 



p. 255 ; Saucerottia, sp. 1., Reichenb. Aufz. der Col., p. 7. 

 Chlorestes typicus, Reichenb. Troch. Enum., p. 4, pi. 701. figs. 4569-70. 

 Hemitliylaca Saucerottei, Cab. etHein. Mus. Hem., Theil iii. p. 38, note. 



The native country of the Erythronota Saucerottei is New Grenada, whence it was brought by Delattre. 

 In point of affinity, this bird is nearly allied to E. Sophice ; but it may always be distinguished by its 

 rather larger size, and by the duller colouring of its breast and under surface, and especially by the 

 dull olive-green hue of the centres of the under tail-coverts, which in E. Sophice are blue. As is the case 

 with the Erythronotce, no perceptible difference is observable in the sexes, either in size or colour. 



Crown of the head and upper surface deep grass-green, becoming of a brown hue towards the lower part 

 of the back ; upper tail-coverts and tail steely black ; all the under surface dull green, of a paler hue than 

 that of the upper surface, and very slightly luminous ; under tail-coverts steely brown edged with greyish 

 white ; wings steely black like the tail ; upper mandible black ; under mandible fleshy at the base, black at 

 the tip. 



The figures are of the natural size. The plant is the Barkeria elegans. 



