300 TEOCHILID^. 



9. Amazilia cerviniventris. 



Amazilia cerviniventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 150 '; Mon. Troch. v. t. 309 (May 1857) '; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1856, p. 287 ' ; 1857, p. 17'; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 209'; Merrill, Bull. Nutt. 



Orn. Club, ii. p. 26 ° ; Coues & Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geogr. Surv. iv. p. Z^' ; Ridgw. Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 25^ Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 214 ^ 

 Amazilia yucatanensis, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 219 (partim) ". 



A. yucatanensi affinis, abdomine et tecfcricibus suboaudalibus pallidioribus, hypochondriis et abdomine atitico 



viridi lavatis, margine pectoris postico viridi male deflnito. 

 5 mari similis. (Descr. maris et feminse exempl. typ. ex Cordova, Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 



Ilab. Texas ^ ^. — Mexico, Presas de Aldaraa, Altamira, Tampico, Tantina in Tamau- 

 lipas ( W. B. Richardson ^), Valles in San Luis Potosi ( W. B. R. ^), Misantla, 

 Colipa {F. J). G. 9), Vega del Casadero, Tomatla {M. TrujiUo »), Jalapa 

 {de Oca ^), Cordova [Salle ^ ^, de Oca ^), Tlacotalpam, San Andres Tuxtla [SalU *), 

 Vera Cruz and Laguna near Vera Cruz {W. B. Richardson^), Sochiapa 

 (i¥. TrujiUo ^). 



Gould described this species from some of M. Salle's specimens obtained near 

 Cordova, where the bird is now known to be common, and it has been traced south- 

 Avards to Sochiapa near Playa Vicente and northwards throughout the States of Vera 

 Cruz and Tamaulipas across the Rio Grande into Texas, It does not appear to be 

 found inland much beyond the eastern slope of the mountains of these States, Valles 

 in the State of San Luis Potosi being the furthest point from the coast. Its presence 

 on the northern side of the Rio Grande was first announced by Dr. Merrill in 1877®, 

 and it is now known to be a common bird near Brownsville, whence Mr. Armstrong 

 has sent us many specimens. 



The distinctness of A. cerviniventris from A. yucatanensis was questioned by 

 Mr. Elliot I*', but its status was re-established by Mr. Ridgway ^, and there can be no 

 doubt, we think, that the two birds are quite distinct. 



B". Abdomen posticum cinereum ; lora ruji. 



10. Amazilia riefferi. 



Trochilus riefferi, Bourc. Ann. So. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, vi. p. 45 \ 



Amazilia riefferi, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 130 2; P.Z. S. 1864, p. 365 '; Gould, Mon. Troch. v. 



t. 311 (May I860)*; Salv. Ibis, 1860, pp. 195', 270°; 1872, p. 320 ^ P.Z. S. 1867, 



p. 156'; 1870, p. 210'; Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 369'°; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 216"; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292 ''; Berl. J. f. Orn. 1884, p. 311 ". 

 Pyrrhophmna riefferi, Lawr. Ann, Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 183'*; ix. p. 127"; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



no. 4, p. 33"=; Prantz, J. £. O. 1869, p. 317"; Gould, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803"; 



MerrUl, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. p, 88"; Boucard, P.Z. S. 1878, p. 71 '° ; Sumichrast, 



La Nat. v. p. 250" ; Berl, J. f. Orn. 1887, p, 331 ". 

 Trochilus duhusi, Bourc. Ann. Sc, Phys. et Nat. Lyon, (2) iv. p. 141 ". 

 Amazilia dubusi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 386 ". 



