320 Genera of Hutnming Birds. 



green margined with pale buff or grayish-white. Vent white. 

 Wings purplish-brown. Bill black. 



Total length, 5in. Wing, 3J. Tail, 2|-. Culmen, | 



Female. — Coloured precisely like the male, always golden 

 on upperside, and slightly duller on underside, much smaller 

 in size. 



Total length, 4fin. Wing, 2\. Tail, i|. Culmen, |. 



This species is very abundant in Venezuela, Colombia, and 

 Ecuador. The males have been named by Gould P. iolata^ 

 and the name of P. anais has always been given to the 

 females, but I am certain that they all belong to this species. 



I have a very large series of both sexes from Venezuela. 

 '' Rojas," Ecuador and Bolivia, " Buckley," Peru, " Whitely," 

 Colombia, '* Salmon," and others. 



One of my male specimens, from Colombia, has all the 

 upperside and flanks brown, with green reflections, the tail 

 feathers brownish-green, with the subterminal band dark 

 blue, the undertail-coverts pale green, edged with white. 

 The remainder of plumage is like the ordinary male of that 

 species. 



Although I consider also Petasophora corruscaus, Gould, 

 and rubrigularis, Elliot, as accidental varieties of coloura- 

 tion of P. anais, I give below the descriptions of the two 

 specimens in my collection, agreeing with the original des- 

 criptions of Messrs. Gould and Elliot. 



437. Petasophora corruscans, Gould, P.Z.S., 1846, 



p. 44. 



Cheequered Violet-ear, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. iv., p. 226. 



Exactly like P. anais, with the centre of throat bright 

 metallic rosv-bronze. Undertail-coverts buff, with bluish- 

 green in centre. 



Total length, 4iin. Wing, 3. Tail, 2|-. Culmen, |-. 



Habitat. — Colombia. 



438. Petasophora rubrigularis, Elliot, Ibis., 1876, p. 



405- 



Petasophora corruscaus, Boucard, H. Bird, 1891, vol. i., p. 



25- 



Habitat. — Colombia. 



