LIST OF SPECIES. 11 



The females are not so brightly coloured, having a white or buff under- 

 surface spangled with green. Two species are known — L.fiavicaudata, 

 from the highlands of Colombia, and L. gayi, which represents the 

 former in Venezuela and Ecuador. 



rCase 5.1* 

 FLORISUGA. ' "jAcoBn^s." 



The pure white tail and the very long under tail-coverts are the 

 principal characters of this genus. The bill is straight and rather stout. 

 Two species only are known, F. mellivora and F. fusca. The latter 

 is confined to Brazil, whilst the former has an unusually wide range, 

 viz. from Guatemala to Colombia, Peru, and Upper Amazonia, and 

 extends eastwards through Venezuela and Guiana, inhabiting also the 

 islands of Trinidad and Tobago. 



[Case 12.] 

 PETASOPHORA. " Violet-eaes." 



In this well-marked genus the colouring of the male and female are 

 alike, but the latter is always smaller than her mate. The bill is longer 

 than the head itself, and quite straight. The nostrils are covered by 

 the plumes of the forehead. Six species are known, inhabiting the 

 whole of Central America, and extending all over South America from 

 the southern confines of Brazil to Boli\'ia and Peru. They are all lovers 

 of the dense forest. 



[Case 13.] f 

 PANOPLITES. " Green-backs." 



Plumage very brilliant in the typical species, P.jardinii. The sexes 

 are alike in plumage, and the tarsi are booted. Only three species are 

 known, all of which are exhibited, viz. : — P. jardinii from Ecuador ; 

 P. Jlavescens, also from Ecuador, ranging into the Andes of Colombia ; 

 and P. mattheivsi, remarkable for its chestnut under-surface, from 

 "Western Ecuador and Peru. 



[Case 14.] 

 PBL^OL^MA. " Lilac-throats." 



The sexes alike. Bill straight, and longer than the head. The 

 metallic colours are confined to the crown of the head and a spot on the 

 throat ; the latter is conspicuous and metallic-lilac. Two species are 

 known, P. ruhinoides from Colombia, and P. cequatorialis from Ecuador. 



* Vide suprh, p. 9. 



t This case contains also Eustephanus. Vide infra, p. 14. 



