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yet another ch

len

INTRODUCTION.

to the whole—that of the tail of the females being much larger and more

have this o

lengthened wings, and small feet.
ower of more rapid flight than any other

aracter common, T believe,

the young males, too, rgan much more prolonged than the adult

othened than that of the males ; |
Judging from these

they have all peculiarly sharp wedge-shaped bills,

males ;
points in their structure, I believe these birds to be endowed with the p
members of the family.

: : Vol. IV. Pl. 213.

938. HELIOTHRIX AURITA

Trochilus leucocrotaphus,
Heliothrix aurita, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col.

Habitat. Northern Brazil, the banks of th

at. tom. vil. p.374 ; Id. Ency. Méth. Orn. part. 2nde, p. 571.

Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. N
11; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil ii. p. 28.

p.13; Id. Troch. Enum. p.
e Amazon, the Guianas, and Venezuela.

. ‘ : : Vol. IV. Pl. 214.
p-11; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 28.

239. HELIOTHRIX AURICULATA

Heliothria auriculata, Reichenb. Aufz. der C
Burm. Th. Bras. tom. ii. p. 336.

l.p: 13; Id.Troch. Enum.

 

aurita, jun.,
Habitat. South-eastern Brazil.
240, HELIOTHRIX PHAINOLEMA, Gould .

Hartl. Wieg. Arch. xxii. 2. p. 23.
Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 28, note.

Vol. IV. Pl. 215.

Heliothrix phaenoleuca,
phaenolaema,

Habitat. The banks of the Upper Rio Negro.

 

241, HeriotHrix BaRRomI.
Heliothrix purpureiceps, Gould : : : : : : ‘ : ‘ Vol. IV. Pl. 216.

Heliothrix purpureiceps, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc., part xxill. p. 87.
Barroti, Salvin in Ibis, vol. iii. p. 410.
Barroti, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 13;

p- 28, note.
Ornismya Gabriel, Delatt. Echo du Monde Savant, No. 45, Juin 15, 1843, col. 1070.

Costa Rica, and the forests of New Granada bordering the Pacific coast, as far south as

Id. Troch. Enum. p. 11; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil i.

 

Habitat. Guatemala,

Ecuador; Esmeraldas (Fraser).

242. HELtoTHRIXx VIOLIFRONS, Gould.
Heliothrix Barroti .

Habitat. Carthagena, or Veragua.
On receiving this bird from M. Warszewicz, I considered it to be referable to the Heliothrie Barroti, and

accordingly figured and described it under that name. Subsequently I received another bird with a differently
coloured crown, which, believing it to be new, I described and figured as H. purpureiceps, but I now find that the

latter is the true H. Barroti, and that the former is a new bird; I therefore propose for it the distinctive appellation

of H. violifrons.

Vol, DY, Ris2iie

Between the genera Heliothriv and Petasophora appears to be the proper situation for my genus Schistes ; for to

the former it is nearly allied in its wedge-shaped bill, and to the latter in the colouring of the tail. The three

species known are all inhabitants of the Andes of New Granada and Ecuador. I have often thought that the white
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ae i : eas Aa
gular mark in Schistes albigularis is characteristic of immaturity ; but this is by no means certain

Genus Scuristes, Gould.

(ZxiG, findo.)

Generic characters.

Male.—Bill longer ae
fe : ne than the head, straight, wedge-shaped at the tip; wings moderately long and slightly
d; tai rounded, the feathers broad; tarsi partially clothed; feet small; hind toe and nail ae than the

middle toe and nail.

243. Scutstes GEoFFROYI . :
: : : : : : : : Vol. IV. Pl. 218.

Schistes Geoffroyi, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 13

: ohne Geoffroyi, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. ; 11]
Schistes Geoffroyi, Cab. et Heim. Mus. Hein. Theil p 27
Habitat. The Andes of New Granada. |