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to breed. This, however, is not the case, as Trujillo obtained specimens on the Cofre 

 de Perote in November, and at Tonaguia and Totontepec in February. 



M. Boucard, who observed this species at La Parada and elsewhere, says that it 

 feeds from the flowers of Bromeliacese. 



In Guatemala L. rhami is a bird of the upland forests lying at an elevation of from 

 6000 to 10,000 feet above the sea-level. We found it to be tolerably abundant in 

 September on the slopes of the Volcan de Fuego and the ridges adjoining, where the 

 vegetation is dense, and in other similar places in the higher mountains of Guatemala. 

 It flies amongst the undergrowth, and feeds from such trees and shrubs that happen to 

 be in flower. 



f". Rostrum variabile, rectum aut modice cwrvatum ; tegulm nasales omnino plumatce ; 



remigum rhacJiides normales. 



g"'. Rostrum rohustum, rectum. 



HELIODOXA. 



Heliodoxa, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 95 ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 317. 



Heliodoxa is the only representative of a small group of genera distinguished by 

 their straight strong bills, some of which, as in Docimaster, are extraordinarily 

 lengthened. The nasal covers are completely feathered, the tail forked, and the tail- 

 feathers normal in the present genus. The under surface, especially the throat, is 

 glittering green. 



This genus has a wide range in the Andes from Bolivia to Colombia and Venezuela, 

 and occurs also in the highlands of Guiana. One species of Colombia also appears in 

 the mountainous parts of Panama and Costa Kica, and is the only one found within 

 our limits. 



1. Heliodoxa jacula. 



Heliodoxa jacula, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 96'; Mon. Troch. ii. t. 94 (Sept. 1858) -; Cab. & Heine, 

 Mus. Hein. iii. p. 22'; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 154*; 1870, p. 207 = ; Ibis, 1869, p. 316^ 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 319''; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 122'; Boucard, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 69'; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 121 ". 



Heliodoxa henryi, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 402". 



Supra saturate gramineo-viridis, capite summo fronte et corpore toto subtus micanti-yiridibus, abdomine obseu- 

 riore ; plaga gulari micanti-violacea, teotricibus subcaudalibus brunneis medialiter viridi lavatis ; cauda 

 chalybeo-cyanea, rectricibus mediis cupreo tinctis : rostro nigro. Long, tota circa -l"", alae 2-S, candse 

 rectr. med. 1*35, rectr. lat. 2-0, rostri a rictu 1"1. 



,9 sujra mari similis, capite summo dorso concolore : subtus alba, plumis singulis macula discali micanti- 

 viridi omatis, rectricibus lateralibus albo terminatis. (Descr. maris et femiase ex Cordillera de Tele, 

 Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Costa Rica, Angostura, Juiz {Carmiol ^ ^^), Birris de Cartago {Zeledon ^^), Tucur- 



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