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Abdomen rufous. Tail buff with a broad subtermirial blackish' 

 bar. 



It is a rare species. 



55. Lophornis DELATTREi, Less. Kev. Zool., 1839, p. 19. 



Mellisuga delattrei, Gray. Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 113. 



Telamon delattrei, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, vol. iii., 

 p. 219. 



Delattre' s Coquette, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 121. 



Le Telamon de Delattre, Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1876, 

 vol. iii., p. 220. 



Habitat. — Veragua, Panama and Columbia. 



Male.— Differs only from L. stictolophus, by the green of the 

 throat, which is lighter, the internal colour of tail which is 

 entirely chestnut, and chiefly by the form of the crest which is 

 pale rufous, and composed of graduated lengthened feathers 

 very narrow and tipped with a very diminutive green 

 spot, scarcely visible. Eest of plumage like the preceding 

 species. 



Total length, 3 in. Wing, 1 J. Tail, 1±. Culmen, f. 



Female. — Forehead light buff. Upperside bronzy-green. 

 Eump reddish-bronze crossed by a band of white. Tail greenish- 

 bronze with a broad subterminal purplish-black bar, tipped buff. 

 Throat black, beneath which is a small whitish spot. Breast, 

 abdomen and flanks bronzy- green. Undertail-coverts buff. 

 Tail buff, with a central bar blackish-bronze. 



Young male is very much like the female, but the chin 

 is rufous and the throat spotted with green metallic 

 feathers. 



I have several specimens of both sexes of this species from 

 Veragua, Panama, and Bogota, Columbia. 



It was discovered by Delattre in Columbia, and dedicated to 

 him by his friend Mr. Lesson, the well-known ornithological 

 author. 



5Q. Lophornis regulus, Gould. P.Z.S., 1847, p. 89. 

 Mellisuga regulus, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 113. 

 Lophornis lophotes, Gould. Int. Troch., 1861, p. 83. 

 Great Crested Croquette, Gould. Mon. Troch., vol. iii., p. 120. 

 Le Lophornis à grande huppe. 

 Habitat. — Bolivia. 



