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*288. Amazilia iodura, Saucerotte, M.S. 



Saucerottia iodura, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, p. 8. 



Chlorestes iodurus, Reich., Troch. Enum., 1855, p. 4. 



Hemithylaca iodura, Cab. and Hein., Mus. Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 39. 



Pyrrhophaena iodura, Gould, Int. Troch., 1861, p. 59. 



Eratiua iodura, Heine, Journ. fur Ornith., 1863, p. 190. 



White-vented Amazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, 

 p. 88. 



V Amazili à ventre blanc. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



" Capite, collo, pectore, dorso superiore, tectricibusque 

 alarum splendide virescentibus, gula paululum albo intermixta ; 

 alis coeruleo-virescentibus latissime pallide fulvescente-lim- 

 batis ; cauda splendide purpureo-violaceo ; abdomine fulves- 

 cente ; crisso albido." 



Length, 3" 3". Wing, 2". Tail, 1" 2". C u lmen, 9". 

 " Cab. and Hein., loc. cit." 



From some specimens compared with the type, and kindly 

 sent to me by Count Berlepseh, I am of opinion that this 

 species is not valid, and is the same as the preceding one, 

 A. viridip aster. 



*289- Amazilia lucida, Elliot, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1877, 



p. 404. 



Elliot' s Amazili, Gould, Mon. Troch., Suppl., 1886, p. 89. 



Le Pyrrliophène brillant, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1878, 

 t. iv., p. 183. 



Habitat. — Columbia. 



Adult. — Crown of the head dark metallic green; upper- 

 surface shining grass-green, lighter than the head. Upper- 

 tail-coverts golden-bronze. Throat, breast, abdomen, and 

 flanks metallic grass-green, a light mouse coloured spot on the 

 lower part of the abdomen. Thighs white, feathers fluffy. 

 Undertail-coverts dark bronzy-brown, edged with white. 

 Wings dark purple. Tail reddish-bronze, darkest in the centre 

 of the feathers along the shafts, with the tips of the lateral 

 rectrices bluish-black, their edges reddish-bronze. This bluish- 

 black colour, almost resolves itself into a subterminal bar, 



