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lighter green than the hack, and reach to the fork of the tail. 
The entire throat is a pale metallic grass-green. Rest of 
underparts pale smoky brown, with some of the flank-feathers 
tipped with grass-green. E nder tail-coverts long, same colour 
as the abdomen (smoky brown), with a slight metallic greenish 
lustre in the centre of the feathers. Tail long, deeply forked, 
dark purplish brown, feathers very narrow. Wings brown, 
with a purple tinge, only reaching down to a little over one 
third the length of tail. Bill and feet black. 
Entire length 4§ inches, wing If, tail 2, bill along 
gape f. 
This genus should be placed close to the Smaraydochrysis 
iridescens , Gould, and with it represents a group having their 
nearest affinities to the members of the genus Selasphorus. 
The next typical specimen is Phaethornis abnormis, also 
described by Herr von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. pp. 27, 56. In 
our article on the genus Phaethornis, Ibis, 1873, p. 13, this 
was referred to P. bourcieri by Mr. Salvin, he having seen 
the type in Vienna. Herr Pelzeln, thinking that, not having 
the specimen before us when our article was written, there 
might possibly have been an error in our conclusions regard¬ 
ing its specific value, kindly sent the type to me. I find that 
Mr. Salvin^s recollection of the specimen was perfectly cor¬ 
rect ; for the bird agrees precisely with my specimens of P. 
bourcieri; and our determination that P. abnormis must only 
rank as a synonym, was an entirely just conclusion. 
Cephalepis beskii. 
This specimen might easily be taken for a variety of C. de- 
lalandii, to which it bears a certain resemblance. It differs 
from the common species in having the crest a bluish metallic 
green, instead of bright green, in the back and tail being brown 
only slightly tinged with green, and having the breast light 
blue (in some, light dull brownish black). I have had for a 
long time in my collection a specimen that I have always con¬ 
sidered to be a variety of C. delalandii, which resembles the 
type of C. beskii in every particular save two. The crest, in¬ 
stead of being a metallic green, is a shiny black, with a kind 
