ABEILLIA. — KLAIS. 343 



The most southern locality reached by A. typica is INIatagalpa in Nicaragua, whence 

 Mr. Eichardson has recently sent us two specimens which, though females, seem 

 undoubtedly referable to this species ^ ^. 



h". Rostrum lonyim ; pileus cyanem, micans ; gula concolor. 



EXAIS. 

 Klais, Gould, Men. Troch. iv. t. 110 (Sept. 1857) j Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mns. xvi. p. 359. 



Though closely allied to Abeillia, this genus may be distinguished by its longer bill 

 and in having the crown glittering blue like the throat. Its sole species has a wide 

 range in South America from the valley of the Upper Amazons northwards. It enters 

 our fauna at Panama, and spreads thence as far north as Nicaragua. 



1. Klais guimeti. 



Trochihis guimeti, Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. vi. p. 38, t. 2 ^. 



Klais guimeti, Gould, Mon. Troch. iv. 1. 110 (Sept. 1857) - ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 69 ' ; Zeledon, 



An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 122*; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. pp. 359, 666°. 

 Clais guimeti, Salv. P.Z. S. 1867, p. 155". 



Mellisuga merrittii, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 110^; Gould, Ibis, 1860, p. 309'. 

 Clais m^rritti, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 209 ' ; Ibis, 1872, p. 319 ". 



Supra nitenti-gramineo-viridis ad nucham saturatior ad uropygium eaeruleo lavata ; capite summo late micanti- 

 violaceo ; plaga postoculari magna alba : subtus fusco-grisea, gula violacea, cervicis et pectom lateribus 

 et hypochondriis caruleo lavatis ; eaudae rectricibus mediis cseroleo-viridibus, lateribus ad basin viridibus 

 ad apicem chalybeo-nigris : rostro nigro. Long, tota circa 3-4, alsB 2-0, caudae 1-2, rostri a rictu 0-6. 



2 supra man similis, capite summo micanti-cyaneo : subtus omnino grisea ; hypochondriis viridi lavatis ; caudse 

 rectricibus lateralibus griseo terminatis. (Desor. maris et feminse ex Chepo, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. NiCAEAGUA, Chontales (JSelt ^% La Libertad in Chontales {W. B. Richardson)^ ; 

 Costa Eica {Endres^), Navarro {Boucard^, Cooper, in JJ. S. Nat. Mus., Zeledon^); 

 Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui ^, Bugaba ^, Laguna del Castillo ^, Castillo ^, Chitra ^, 

 Calovevora ^, Santiago de Veraguas^, Santa Fe'^ {Arce), El Mineral {Br. J. K. 

 Merritt), Q'i^e^o {Arce^). — Colombia; Vemizuela; Ecuabok; Upper Amazons 5. 



This little species was described by Bourcier and Mulsant in 1843 i, but the locality 

 whence the type came was not recorded. We now know that it is not an uncommon 

 bird in the north-western portion of the South-American continent, being found iu the 

 valley of the Upper Amazons as well as in Ecuador and Venezuela. It is also frequently 

 represented in trade collections from Bogota. 



Though not included in M'Leannan's collections from the Line of the Panama Rail- 

 way, we have little doubt that it occurs throughout the low-lying lands of the State of 

 Panama and spreads thence northwards through Eastern Costa Rica to Eastern Nica- 

 ragua. From the latter country we have specimens from Belt's collection and others 

 recently sent us by Mr. Richardson. 



