334 TEOCHILID^. 



fuscis viridi tinctis et albo marginatis ; cauda chalybeo-nigra : rostro nigro. Long, tota circa 4-0, alsB 2-5, 

 caudse 1-45, rostri a rictu I'O. _ _ 



5 supra mari similis, sed dilutior ; capite summo dorso concolore : subtus cinnamomea ; cauda ad basin Yindi, 

 reotricibus lateralibus albido terminatis, fascia lata subterminali chalybeo-nigra. (Descr. maris et feminae 

 ex V. de Cartago, Costa Eica. Mus. nostr.) 

 Hob. GoSTA KicA, Volcan de Cartago {Arc6 ^), Rancho Eedondo ^ s u^ gan Jose, Dota 

 {v. Frantzius, Carmiol, Boucard ^), La Palma {Nutting i"), Peorsnada, Las Cruces de 

 Candelaria 7 8 (^. Frantzius, Zeledon), Naranjo {Boucard^); Panama, Volcan de 

 Chiriquis, Cordillera de Tole^, Cordillera del Chucu^, Calovevora^, Calobire^ 

 (Arc6). 

 Eastern Costa Rica and thence southwards to the higher mountains of Western 

 Panama are the homes of this species, which was discovered by Arce on the slopes of 

 the Volcan de Cartago i. The same collector subsequently obtained us a good series of 

 specimens from various points in the mountains of Western Panama. According to 

 M. Boucard this species is only met with in the forest ^. 



4. Oreopyra pectoralis. 



Oreopyra pectoralis, Salv. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1891, vii. p. 377 ' ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 pp. 308, 664 ^ 



0. ealolcemm similis, sed pectore (a fronte adspecto) nigro nee micanti-viridi distinguenda. (Descr. exampl. 

 typ. ex Costa Kioa. Mus. nostr.) 



Bab. Costa Rica (Endres ^ ^). 



A single male in our collection and others in that of Gould, all apparently prepared 

 by Endres, are all that we have seen of this species, which differs from the ordinary 

 form in having a black instead of a glittering green breast. Though the types are 

 marked as coming from Costa Rica, we have as yet no clue to which district the 

 species belongs. 



The female of this bird is probably undistinguishable from that sex of 0. calolcema. 

 The female specimens we associate with the males of 0. pectoralis are made up by the 

 same collector in a precisely similar way. 



b^. Pileus dorsum concolor. 



DELATTRIA. 



Belattria, Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 70; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 308. 



This genus, which was first separated by Bonaparte, has frequently been united to 

 Coeligena, with which it has several characters in common, but the bill is straighter and 

 the lateral rectrices are of nearly uniform colour, and without the conspicuous white 

 tips which distinguish Coeligena clemencice. Belattria has also a close affinity to 

 Oreopyra, but the style of coloration is different and none of the species have the 

 glittering crown possessed by all the members of the latter genus. 



