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249, PeTasopHoRA ANAIS
Petasophora anais, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1
Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 26.
Praxilla Anais, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 13.

Habitat. New Granada and Venezuela.

250. PETASOPHORA IOLATA, Gould : ; : ‘ : ‘ ‘ : 2
?Trochilus (Coeligena) Anais, Tschudi, Consp. p. 36, No. 201; Id. Faun. Peru. p. 244, No. 4.
Prawilla iolata, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 13.

Petasophora iolata, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 11.
Petasophora rhodotis “ Gould,” Saucerotte in Mus. Heinean.
iolata, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil ii. p. 26.

Habitat. Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

251. PeTAsopHora cCoRUSCANS, Gould i : : : : : . : : 3 Vol. IV. Pl. 226.

Habitat. Unknown.
I have never seen a second example of this singular bird, which departs from the ordinary species, and assimi-

lates somewhat to the P. Delphine.

252. PETASOPHORA THALASSINA : é : : : i : : : : Vol. IV. Pl. 227.
Trochilus Anais, Swains. Birds of Brazil, pl. 75.
Ornismya Anais, Less. Supp. des Ois.-mou. pl. 32.
Ramphodon Anais, Less. Troch. p. 148, pl. 56?
Trochilus Anais, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. ii. p. 2?
Cynanthus thalassinus, Jard. ib. p. 148.
Colibris thalassina, Sclat. in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part. xxiv. p. 287.
Petasophora thalassina, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 250; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. Die
Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 11.
Prawilla thalassina, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 13.

Habitat. Mexico and Guatemala.

“The barrancos of the Volcan de Fuego are favourite resorts of this species. A specimen obtained at Duenas
on the 15th of September was the only one I saw out on the llafio, as the bird is usually found in the dense forest.”

—Salvin in Ibis, vol. ii. p. 260.

253. PETASOPHORA CYANOTIS : : é : : : : . : : : Vol. IV. Pl. 228.
Ormsmya Anais, Less. Troch. p. 151, pl. 57 ?
Prawilla cyanotis, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 13.
Petasophora cyanotus, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 11.

cyanotis, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 251; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p- 26.
Habitat. New Granada and Venezuela.

254. PerasopHora DELPHINE : : : Vol. IV. Pl. 229
Telesiella Delphine, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. Pets —

Petasophora Delphine, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. Palle
delphina, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 251.
Telesilla Delphine, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil lpn

Habitat. Tne Guiana: inj Te
muanas, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guatemala, New Granada, and Ecuador.

corm): S S .
This Humming-Bird seems to have been quite unknown at Coban previously to the collection of my speci-

»among some Salvie, in one of the mountain hollows near
their ‘ ;

blossoms are sought after by nearly every
It is rare even at Coban;
boys in consequence of my offers of reward, but few specimens were o

“< nat :
Three males to one female appears to be

mens. ‘The first was shot by my collector, Cipriano Prado

‘ 1 fe 6 . é
Coban. Salvie being in flower in November, : s
species of Humming-

and though much sought for by the Indian
btained.
about the proportion of the sexes.”

Bird near Coban, and this among the rest.

—Salvin in Ibis, vol. ii. p. 261.
There is no one genus among the Trochilide that has more sadly puzzled me, and
zak /, ; an.

species known under the specific n
chus virescens and C. viridicaudus of my Plate

gists, than that containing the two doubtless other ornitholo-

ames Of virescens and viridissimus (Chrysobron-
8), no two per ee] i
); ° persons agreeing as to the place they should fill in the family.

ee ee Vol. IV. Pl. 294.
854, p. 250; Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 11; Cab. et Hein.

Vol. IV. Pl. 225,