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b^. Cauda furcata ; gula micanti-rosaceo-rubra. 

 LAMPEOLiEMA. 

 Lamprolmna, GoiJd, Mon. Troch. ii. t. 61 (May 1856) ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 314. 



The coloration of Lamproloema rhami, the only member of its genus, is quite 

 peculiar; this and the tail being forked render its separation necessary, though in many 

 other points of structure it comes near Cceligena and Belattria. The bill, however, is 

 decidedly shorter than in any member of those 'genera. 



The range of Lamprolcema is strictly confined to the higher mountains of Southern 

 Mexico and Guatemala, 



1. Lamprolaema rhami. . 



Ornismya rhami, Less. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 315 ' ; Less. & Delattre, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 13 '. 



Lamprolama rhami, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. t. 61 (May 1856)"; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 129"; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 468'; 1860, p. 196'; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 314'; Cab. & 

 Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 30^ Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 176"; de Oca, La Nat. iii. p. 25 "; 

 Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 250 " ; Boucard, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xx. p. 275 'I 



Delattria rhami, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 297" ; 1859, p. 367". 



Supra nitenti-gramineo-viridis, antice Isetior postice obscurior ; alis castaneis, fcectricibus majoribus et secund- 

 ariis anguste primariis quoque late nigrieante terminatis : cauda saturate rubro-purpurea : subtus gula 

 nigra, mediaHter rosaceo-rubra micante ; peotore micanti-violaoeo, abdomine fusco-nigricante, hypochon- 

 driis viridi lavatis, tectricibus subcaudalibus purpureo-nigris : rostro nigro. Long, tota circa 5-0, alas 3-2, 

 caudse 2'0, rostri a rictu 0-8. 



5 supra mari simiUs, alis quoque eodem modo eastaneo notatis : subtus griseo-brunnea, gula interdum plumis 

 rosaceis irregulariter ornata, peotore et hypochondriis viridi lavatis. (Descr. maris et feminse ex Calderas, 

 Yolcan de Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico [Delattre^ % Cofre de Perote ( ilf . rrwy?7Zo ^), Jalapa ^ 12 m, Coatepec^i" 

 {de Oca, Boucard, Trujillo), Cordova {Salle, de Oca '^^), Orizaba {de Oca^'^, F. Ferrari- 

 Perez), Alpine region of Orizaba {Sumichrast ^'^), Omilteme in Guerrero {Mrs. 

 H. H. Smith '^), Tonaguia and Totontepec {M. Trujillo '^), La Parada {Boucard ^^), 

 Oaxaca {Boucard ^^, Fenochio ''); Guatemala^ {Skinner *), El Eincon in San Marcos, 

 Santa Maria, and San Martin near Quezaltenango ( W. B. Richardson '), Calderas 

 on Volcan de Fuego 567^ Volcan de Agua, Chilasco ^ {0. S. & F. D. G.), Cahabon? 

 (fide GouW). 



This beautiful and very distinct species was discovered by Delattre in Mexico, and it 

 is now known to have a wide range in the southern portion of that country, being 

 found in the upland forests on both sides of the main mountain-range. Its name is 

 included in Mr. White's list of the birds of the Valley of Mexico », but its presence 

 there is not confirmed by subsequent writers. According to de Oca it is common on 

 the slopes of the Cofre de Perote near Coatepec, and in the neighbourhood of Cordova 

 and Orizaba, but he never found its nest. The same writer says that it appears in these 

 districts in the months of June and July, and is supposed to migrate to Guatemala 



