PETASOPHORA GERMANA, SaMn ^ Godman. 



Guiana Violet-ear. 



Trochilus anais, Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 707 (1848). 



PetasopJiora germana, Sahin & Godman, Ibis, 1884, p. 451. — Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 434 



Mr. Whitely has met with this species only on Roraima in British Guiana. It is described by Messrs, 

 Salvin and Godman as being aUied to P. anais and of the same size, but with the throat much more blue, 

 the whole of the lower throat more blue, and the forehead suffused with bine. The authors observe 

 respecting it :— " Mr. Whitely obtained a pair of this species in the neighbourhood of Roraima, the male 

 at an elevation of 5000 feet, the female at 6000 feet. Though the difference between the present 

 bird and P. anais oi i\\e Andes is not great, we feel justified in separating them, the ranges of the two 

 being doubtless broken by the low-lying lands of the Orinoco valley. It is, no doubt, this species which 

 Schomburgk mentions in his list of Guiana birds (' Reise in Guiana,' iii. p. 707)." 

 The Plate represents an adult male in two positions. 



[R. B. S.] 



