308 TEOCHILID^. 



Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365 %• Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 156'; ISrO, p. 211 ' ; 1883, 

 p. 425'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 128'; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 378'. 

 Cyanophaia cteruleigularis, Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 238"; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi, 

 p. 233 ". 



Supra Ditide gramineo-viridis ; capite summo obscuriore, gutture et pectore micanti-violaceo-cyaneis, lafceribus 

 suis viridesoentibus ; abdomine et tectricibus subalaribus nitenti-viridibus, his albido marginatis ; Cauda 

 chalj'bea, rectricibus mediis cupreo-viridibus : maxilla nigra, mandibula carnea apice nigra. Long, 

 tota 4-0, alse 1-9, caudse reotr. med. 1-0, rectr. lat. 1-35, rostri a rictu 0-85. (Descr. maris ex Calobre, 

 Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



§ supra nitenti-viridis,pileo obscuriore: subtus alba, oervicislateribus cffiruleo-viridibus, pectore ethypocliondriis 

 viridi lavatis ; tectricibus subcaudalibus albis, medialiter pallide f uscis ; cauda chalybea, rectricibus mediis 

 dorso concoloribus, lateralibus albo terminatis. (Descr. feminae ex CordiUera del Cbucu, Panama. Mus, 

 nostr.) 



Hah. Costa Eica^ ( Gould ^) ; Panama, near David ( Warszewiez ^ ^, Bridges ^), Laguna del 

 Castillo 6, Castillo «, Cordillera del Chucu «, Calobre ^ Santa Fe 5 {Arce), Lion Hill 

 {M'Leannan ^), Paraiso {Hughes ^i). Colon {A. H. Markhani '^). — Nokthern 

 Colombia ^. 



Gould's type of this species was obtained near David by AVarszewiez ^, and Bridges 

 found it near the same place ^ ^, but Vi'e have not received any specimens from quite so 

 far to the westward. Arce, however, sent us many specimens from Santa Fe and other 

 places in the vicinity, and the bird is not uncommon on the line of the Panama 

 Railway. Its presence in Costa Rica rests upon a statement of Gould's, and a specimen 

 so marked is in his collection, but lie gave no further authority for its presence in that 

 country. No recent collectors, that we are aware of, have observed it there. 



According to Bridges ^, C. coeruleigularis flies in the streets of David, and feeds from 

 the flowers of Tamarindus indicus and also from orange-blossoms. 



d". Cauda irregulariter rotundata, rectricibus lateralibus quam proximis brevioribus. 



c'". Minor ; rostrum breve, guttur viride, abdomen cyaneo-micans. 



DAMOPHILA. 



Coeligena, /3. Damophila, Eeichenbach, Aufz. d. Col. p. 7. 

 Damophila, Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 235. 



In Bamofpliila the tail is rounded, the four middle rectrices being nearly equal, the 

 outer pair much shorter. Glittering colours overspread the whole of the under surface 

 of the body. 



Two species are contained in the genus, one of which belongs to Colombia and 

 Western Ecuador ; the other is probably peculiar to the State of Panama. 



