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Supra nitenti-grammeo-viridis : subtus gula nigra, plumis singulis saturate violaceo marginatis ; pectore albo, 

 abdomine dorso concolore, tectricibus subcaudalibus viridibus albo limbatis ; eaud» reotricibus quatuor 

 mediis \dridibus, duabus proxiniis purpureo-nigris, extrorsum viridi marginatis et albo terminatis, pogonio 

 externo quoque macula alba notato ; reotricibus utrinque duabus extemis purpureo-nigris ad basin, 

 demde fascia rufa, delude fascia alba, altera obscura et apicibus albis ; duabus extemis prope apicem 

 constrictis: rostro nigro. Long, tota 3-8, alae 1-4, caudae rectr. med. 0-35, rectr. lat. 1-9, rostri a 

 rictu 0-6. 



2 supra mari similis, aureo magis tincta, loris et corpore toto subtus cinnamomeis, infra oculos, hypochondriis 

 et tectricibus subalaribus saturatioribus ; caudffi reotricibus mediis viridibus, lateraUbus purpureo-nigris, 

 apicibus rufo (in rectrice utrinque extima fere albo) terminatis. Long, caudse rectr. med. 0-55, rectr. lat. 

 0-85. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Amula, Guerrero, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Eai. Mexico i ^, Jalapa (de Oca 2, F. Ferrari-Perez 9, M. Trujillo ^% Los Cerillos, Cuesta 

 de Misantla {M. Trujillo lo), Coatepec {de Oca 2), Valley of Mexico {de Oca 2, 

 Villada ^, F. Ferrari-Perez ^, Eerrera ''), Volcan de Colima ( W. S. Bichardson ^^), 

 Amula, Chilpancingo in Guerrero {Mrs. H. ff. Smith ^°) ; Guatemala {Skinner % 

 Coban, San Geronimo {0. S. & F. JD. G.% Volcan de Santa Maria near Quezalte- 

 nango {W. B. Bichardson '^^) ; Nicaeaqua, Matagalpa {W. B. B.^^). 



Lesson, who first described this species under the name of Ornimiya duponti, was 

 also the author of two of its synonyms, 0. zSmes and 0. coelestis, and referred in each 

 case to the plate accompanying his first description. 



According to de Oca 2 T. duponti is found during the summer in the vicinity of 

 Jalapa and Coatepec, and it also occurs, though rarely, in the Valley of Mexico. We 

 have no specimens from the latter locality, but from Jalapa and its neighbourhood 

 we have several shot in the months of May and June by Mateo Trujillo. Mr. Richard- 

 son secured specimens in January on the Volcan de Colima, and Mrs. Herbert Smith 

 an interesting series of nicely prepared specimens on the Sierra Madre del Sur in 

 August. 



The species has long been known as an inhabitant of Guatemala, but we only met 

 with an occasional specimen during our stay in that country, and only in the depart- 

 ment of Vera Paz. Mr. Richardson, however, seems to have foimd it in numbers near 

 Santa Maria, in the department of Quezaltenango, whence he sent us many specimens, 

 all of them shot in the months of August and September. 



The same collector also met with it in the mountains near Matagalpa in Northern 

 Nicaragua ^^ 1^. 



This singular bird has no near ally, the peculiar shape and coloration of the taU 

 rendering it quite unlike any other member of the family. 



