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Male. — Upperside shining green. Median rectrices bronze- 

 green, bluish at tips. Laterals bronze-green, with a sub- 

 terminal bluish-green bar. Ear-coverts purplish-amethyst. 

 Chin, throat and breast bright metallic green, with bluish 

 reflections near the ear-coverts, and on lower part of breast. 

 Abdomen and flanks dull green, edged with grayish-white. 

 Undertail coverts white. Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 4^in. Wing, 2f. Tail, i|. Culmen, \^. 



Female. — Not quite so brilliantly coloured as the male, with 

 the lower part of abdomen white, and a narrow white margin 

 at tips of lateral rectrices, and white tips on outermost 

 rectrices. 



Total length, 4|in. Wing, 2f. Tail, i-|. Culmen, ^. 



This species came abundantly years ago, from Brazil, but 

 now it is seldom seen. 



I have in my collection what I consider to be the type of 

 Vieillot " Ex. Coll. Riocour." It is labelled Oiseau ynoiiche, 

 bee en scie, Troc hi lu s serrirostris, Vieil I. 



433. Petasophora CYANOTIS, Bourc, Rev. ZooL, 1843, 



p. ICI. 



Polytmus cyanotus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 108. 



Ornismya anais, Less., Troch., 1 831- 1832, p. 151. 



Colibri cyanotiSj Bon., Consp. Gen. Av., 1850, vol. i., p. 6g. 



Praxilla cyanotis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, p. 13. 



Little Violet-ear^ Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 228. 



le Pétasophore à oreilles d' azur, Muls., Hist., Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1875, t. ii., p. 151. 



Habitat. — Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside shining green, bronzy on rump, and 

 uppertail-coverts. Median rectrices, bronzy-green at base, then 

 bronzy with a dark green subterminal bar. Laterals bronzy- 

 green with dark bluish-green subterminal bar. Line behind 

 the eye, and ear-coverts metallic dark blue. Chin, throat, 

 and breast luminous green, each feather with a dark central 

 green streak, giving a scaly appearance to these parts. 

 Abdomen and flanks shining green. Vent white. Undertail- 

 coverts green, margined with buff. Wings purplish-brown. 

 Bill black. 



