AMAZILIA CUPREICAUDA, Salvin & G Copper-tailed Amazili. odman. Amazilia cupreicauda, Salvin & Godm is an, Ibis, 1884, p. 452 , » p. 402.—Salvin, Ibis, 1885 35 ) ; , p. 435. Mr. H. Wuirery discovered the present species in British Guiana C C 9 , : having m 7] ¥ : the Merumé Mountains. It is stated by Messrs. S aving met with it on Roraima and on alvin and Godmat i : fe. oe 1 to be allie Ae vines to differ in its less forked tail, cinnamon vent, and in the copp ‘ ne ae 0 ' ‘oppery ¢ ete . > tail; they found these characters quite constant in a ae ret a S é siderable series of skins sent by Mr. Whi : — .. — r. Whitely. The following is a translation of the original description :— oe r . : . . Top of the head and entire body below brilliant green, the back tinged with ¢ . : wend tail dark cinn: 5 inged with copper-colour ; upper tail- coverts ¢ ail dark cinnamon, washed with copper-colour ; a patch on the flanks and the thighs snow white; vent pure cinnamon without spots; upper mandible dusky, the base of the mandible pale for = - itc a . Tl « > , 2.5 j | 5 1 } . thirds of its length. otal length 3:5 inches, wing 2°, tail 1-15, bill from gape 0°8 o yay > © a a> o ~ sO e 2 oye : ate figures in the Plate represent the adult male in three positions, and have been drawn from one of the typical specimens lent to us by Messrs. Salvin and Godman. [R. B. 8.] AMAZILIA [ODURA. White-vented Amazili. Trochilus iodurus, Saucerotte, MSS. in Mus. Hein. Saucerottia iodura, Reichenb. Aufz. der Colibri, p. 8 (1853) Mus. d’Hist. Nat. de Caen, i. p. 418 (1880). Chlorestes iodurus, Reichenb. Handb. Trochil. p. 4, Taf. 698. figs. 4560-61 Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. m1. p. 39 (1860). hil. p. 159 (1861).—Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux- _—Eudes-Deslongchamps, Ann. (1855). Hemithylaca iodura, Pyrrhophena vodura, Gould, Intr. Troe Mouches, i. p. 299 (1875). Eratina iodura, Heine, Journ. fiir Orn. 1863, p. 190. s, Gray, Hand-list of Birds, p. 132 (1869). Polytmus coduru Birds, p. 223 (1878). Amazilia iodura, Elliot, Synopsis of the Humming: (eee yo-bird, nor has Mr. Elliot, who refers it to the neighbourhood > > ‘olet colour of the tail and the white under We have not seen an example of this Hummit of 4. marie and A. cyanura, but considers that tbe purplish-v tail-coverts will serve to distinguish it. The habitat is stated to be Colombia, Head, neck, breast, upper back, and wing-cove idly edged with pale 9 inches, Jation of the original description :— rts brilliant green, the throat a little mixed with white 5 tail bright purplish violet ; abdomen fulvescent ; 9 lines. and the following 1s a trans ing 1 fulvous 5 wings bluish green, very broz ful ; one i T “th 3 inches 3 lines, wing tail 1 inch 2 Imes, cu Total length 3 inches 3 lines, wing a [R. B. S.J] vent white. « ao . oe Se 4 - as iow SYie « ee S > ed 5c ro sie roe 5 se = : Zt, Ym, a « « Dy > wy; jj SLBA 5 G cs 4 ae 7 ea Neer : tae y za 4 © < xo : fF)