DAMOPHILA. 309 



1. DamopMla panamensis. 



Juliamyia typica, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 292 (nee Bp.) ' ; ix. p. 128 ', 

 Bamophila Julia, Sel. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 211 (nee Bourc.)*. 

 DamopMla panamensis, Berl. J. f . Om. 1884, p. 312 ' ; Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 563 ° ; Salv. Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 237 '. 



Supra saturate nitenti-Tiridis, dorso postico et tectricibus subcaudalibus cupreo tinctis, gutture micanti- 

 gramineo-vindi ; abdomine micanti-violaceo-cyaDeo ; tectricibus subcaudalibus et cauda chalybeis : maxLUa 

 nigra, mandibula camea apice nigra. Long, tota 3-2, alas 1-65, caudae rectr. med. 1-2, rectr. lat. 0-8, 

 rostri a rictu 0'65. 

 5 supra nitenti-viridis : subtusgriseo-alba; tectricibus subcaudalibus fascia ; cauda chalybea, tectricibus, mediis 

 viridi tinctis, lateralibus griseo terminatis. (Descr. maris et feininae ex Paraiso, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Costa Rica! {Carmiol ^) ; Panama, Calovevora {Arce ^), Lion Hill (WLeannan '^ ^), 

 Paraiso {Hughes "'), Line of Railway, Chepo [Arce ''). 



All the specimens we have seen of this species are from the line of the Panama 

 Railway or from Chepo on the Rio Bayano, a little to the southward. In the rest of 

 Colombia and in Western Ecuador B. julioe is the prevalent form. This closely allied 

 bird has the head of the same glittering green as the throat and not dull like the back, 

 as is the case in D. panamensis. This feature was first noticed by Count Berlepsch, 

 and led him to separate the two forms ^. 



The presence of D. panamensis or any species of the genus in Costa Rica is somewhat 

 doubtful. Mr. Lawrence includes D. typica in his list of Costa Rica ^ birds on the 

 authority of Julian Carmiol, but gives no precise habitat. Its extension so far north 

 has not been confirmed, so far as we know, by other authorities. 



2. Damophila julise. 



Omismyia Julie, Bourc. llev. Zool. 1842, p. 373 S- Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat, Lyon, v. p. 345, t. 21 \ 

 Juliamyia Julia, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 194'. 



Damophila Julia, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 40* ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 236 \ 

 Juliamyia typica, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 255 " ; Gould, Mon. Trocli. v. t. 337 (Sept. 1859) ' ; 



Berl. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 563". 

 B.panamensi simUis, sed capite summo micanti-viridi, gula nee dorso concolore facile distinguenda. 



Eai. Panama, Turbo (Schott 3).— Colombia i * ; Ecuadoe. 



This older and better-known form of Damophila occurs at the extreme southern limit 

 of our region, where Mr. Schott obtained a bird at Turbo on the Isthmus of Darien. 

 Count Berlepsch, who examined this specimen, states that it agrees with the bright, 

 headed southern form and not with the comparatively dull-headed bird of Panama ». 



B.julice was described by Bourcier from a specimen from Tunja in Colombia, and it 

 is now well known as a bird of that country, specimens being frequently included in the 

 trade collections of the Bogota bird-hunters. It is also fairly common through Western 

 Ecuador, probably to the southern limits of the forest district. 



