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AMAZILIA CUPREICAUDA, Salvin Sf Godman.
Copper-tailed Amazili.
Am a zilia cupreicauda, Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1 8 8 4 , p. 4 5 2 . Salvin, Ibis, 1 8 8 5 , p. 4 3 5 .
Mr H. W h i t e l y discovered the present species in British Guiana, having met with it on Rorairaa and on
the Merume Mountains. It is stated by Messrs. Salvin and Godman to he allied to A . mridmnlris, but
to differ in its less forked tail, cinnamon vent, and in the coppery cinnamon, instead of violet, colour of the
ta il; they found these characters quite constant in a considerable series of skins sent by Mr. Whitely.
The following is a translation of the original description
Top of the head and entire body below brilliant green, the back tinged with copper-colour; upper tad-
coverts and tail dark cinnamon, washed with copper-colour; a patch on the flanks and the thighs snowy
white; vent pure cinnamon without spots; upper mandible dusky, the base of the mandible pale for two
thirds of its length. Total length 3'5 inches, wing 2-0, tail 1-15, bill from gape 0'8.
The flgures in the Plate represent the adult male in three positions, and have been drawn from one of the
typical specimens lent to ns by Messrs. Salvin and Godman. [ B B S ]
AMAZILIA IODURA.
White-vented Amazili.
Trochilus iodurus, Saucerotte, M S S . in Mus. H ein.
Saucerottia iodura, Reichenb. Aufe. der Cofibri, p. 8 (18 5 3 ) .-E u d e s -D e s lo n g c h amps, Ann.
Mus. d’H ist. N a t. d e Caen, i. p. 4 1 8 (1880).
Chlorestes iodurus, Reichenb. Handb. Trochil. p. 4 , Taf. 6 9 8 . figs. 4 5 6 0 - 6 1 (1855).
Hemithylaca iodura, Cab. & H e in e , Mus. Hein. Th. lit. p. 3 9 (1860).
Pyrrlmphana iodura, Gould, Intr. Trochil. p. 1 5 9 (1 8 6 1 ).— Mulsant, H ist. N a t. Oiseaux-
Mouches, i. p. 2 9 9 (1875),
E ra tin a iodura, H e in e , Journ. fiir Om. 1 8 6 3 , p. 1 90.
Polytmus iodurus, Gray, Hand-list o f Birds, p. 1 3 2 (1869).
A m a a lia iodura, Elliot, Synopsis o f th e Humming-Birds, p. 2 2 3 (1878).
We have not seen an example o f this Humming-bird, nor has Mr. Elliot, who refers it to the neighbourhood
o f A. maria and A . cyanura, but considers that the purplish-violet colour of the tail and the wh.te under
tail-coverts will serve to distinguish it.
The habitat is stated to be Colombia, and the following is a translation o f the ongmal description i -
Head, neck, breast, upper back, and wing-eoverts brilliant green, the throat a little mixed with white ;
wings bluish green, very broadly edged with pale fulvous; tail bright purplish violet; abdomen fulvescent,
vent white. Total length 3 inches 3 lines, wing 2 inches, tail 1 inch 2 lines, culmen 9 lines. ^ ^ ^