AGYRTRIA CARULEICEPS.

Blue-headed Emerald.

Thaumatias ceruleiceps, Gould,

Proe. Zool. Soe. 1860 !
p- 152 (1861)—Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Ost, 307.—Id. Intr. Trochil. 8vo,

Tis, 1878, ee Touches, i. p. 240 (1874).—Elliot,

Agyrtria ceruleiceps, Elliot, Synopsis of the Humming-Birds p. 206 (1878)

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Tue present species belongs to the section of the genus Aeyrtria in which
metallic green. It is allied to 4. nitidifrons, but Alias in fee the ee
the neck shining greenish blue. It comes from Colombia oe
The following is the original description of the spe
“Crown of the head and back of the neck

and breast are
crown of the head and back of
, and the types are in the Gould Collection.
cles :—
ae deep shining greenish blue; back and shoulders green
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e's a oF oy green on the rump and upper tail-coverts 5 tail nearly uniform bronze, with a very
aint indication of a zone of brown across tl i ;
ie outer feathers ne: . ; wing i |
' el es near the tip; wings purplish brown ; sides
7 a } 7 the blue tint predominating on the ear and immediately under
the eye; centre of the throat and chest broken clitter] rreen ¢ i
a y : a at and chest broken glittering green and white ; flanks bronzy green; under
ail-coverts grey, with brown centres : ‘r mandible dark brow

-cov grey, ot centres ; upper mandible dark brown; under mandible yellow, except the tip,
k ; fs = 5 a 7 Spa x 1 B 5 1 v
which is dark brown. ‘otal length 34 inches, bill 23, wing 28, tail 3.”

of the neck glittering bluish green,

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AGYRTRIA FLUVIATILIS.

Riverine Emerald.

Thaumatias fluviatilis, Gould, Intr. Trochil. 8vo, p. 154 (1861).—Scl. & Salv. Proc. Zool.
Soc. 1866, p. 194.—lid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 92 (1873).—Elhiot, Ibis,
1878, p. 51.—Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, 1. p. 203 (1874).

Agyrtria flwiatilis, Heine, Journ. fiir Orn. 1863, p. 184.—Elhot, Synopsis of the Humming-
Birds, p. 207 (1878).—Tacz. Orn. Pérou, i. p. 404 (1884).

 

according to the arrangement set forth by Mr. Elliot, in the section of
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en, and the under tail-coverts white with a central

a black tail, and the throat and

Tue present species is placed
the genus in which the crown of the head is dull gre
streak of brown or green. It differs from all its near allies in having
breast grass-er with a slight bluish tinge.
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ngs are in the Gould Collection, and were received from the Rio Napo. It was
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