PETASOPHOEA.— PANTEEPE. 283 



luscescens, giitturo pallidiore, niedialiter plumis nitide viridibus (ad pectus cyaneis) ornato ; plaga auriculari 

 elongata, nitide violaeea ; subcaudalibus ferrugineis ; cauda viridi-brunnea, faecia subtermiDali obsoara 

 utrinque ferrugineo limbata : rostro nigro. Long, tota 4-5, alae 2-6, eaudse 1-5, rostri a rietu 0-8. 

 2 mari similis,. plaga gulari viridi et auricularibus elongatis violaoeis minoribus distinguenda. (Descr. maris 

 et feminae ex Coban, Guatemala. Mua. nostr.) 



Hob. Guatemala {Skinner "), Coban {O.S."^^); Hondueas, San Pedro ( G. M. Whitely ") ; 

 Nicaragua, Chontales {Belt^); Costa Hica {Carmiol ^^) ; Panama, Calovevora 

 (Arce^). — Colombia; Ecuadoe; Peru; Venezuela; Guiana". 



Petasophora delphince is a well-known bird in all the countries forming the northern 

 portion of the South-American continent from Guiana on the east to Colombia on the 

 west, and it passes southwards as far as Peru. In Central America it also enjoys a 

 wide range, occurring at intervals throughout our country as far north as Coban in 

 Vera Paz. 



When staying at the latter town in November 1859, Salvin obtained several specimens 

 which were shot in the neighbourhood, mostly when feeding amongst the Salvice which 

 abound there and are in full flower towards the close of the year. 



As M'Leannan did not meet with this species on the line of the Panama Railway, 

 it is probable that it is not found in the hottest part of the lowlands, but keeps mostly 

 to the for6st-clad hills at some elevation above sea-level. 



Sect. B. TROCHILI INTEE,MEDn. 



Tomia maxillae ad, apicem indistincte serrata. 

 a. Culmen ad basin flumatum ; teguloB nasales partim expositce; rostrum suhrectum. 



PANTERPE. 



Panterpe, Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 43 ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 158. 



This genus has no near allies, so far as we know at present. In the feathering of 

 the base of the bill it resembles Heliangelus and HeliotrypJia, and it agrees with those 

 genera in the absence of white at the end of the lateral rectrices ; but the sexes are 

 alike instead of being widely different, the tail more rounded, and the glittering colours 

 differently arranged. 



Panterpe is restricted in its range to Costa Rica and the adjoining portions of the 

 State of Panama. 



1. Panterpe insignis. 



Panterpe insignis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 43' ; Gould, Mon. Trocli. v. t. 336 (May 1861) ' ; 

 Cab. J. f. Orn. 1862, p. 164'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 45 (partim)*; ix. p. 124'; 

 Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 316 '; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 71'; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. 

 Costa Rica, 1887, p. 122'; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 158'. 



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