AMAZILIA LUCIDA, Elliot.
Elliot’s Amazili.
Am a zilia lucida, E llio t, Ann. & Mag. N a t. H ist. (4) xx. p. 4 0 4 (1877).— Id. Synopsis o f
th e Humming-Birds, p. 2 2 3 (1878).
Am a zilis lucidus, Eu des-Deslongchamps, Ann. Mus. d ’H ist. N a t. de Caen, i. p. 4 0 8 (1880).
M r . E lliot described the type o f the species, which was said to b e from Colombia, in the following
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“ This seems to be a very distinct species, belonging to that section of the Amazilia to which Cabanis
gave the generic term o f Pyrrophcena, and apparently comes nearest to the species generally known as
P. demllei, Bourc., but differs from it, and, indeed, from every other member of the genus Amazilia, by the
coloration o f the tail and its coverts. The crown resembles somewhat that of the bird called by Mr. Gould
Erythronotaf elicits; but there is no further resemblance between them save that, as with several others of
these closely allied birds, the underparts are shining green.
“ Adult. Crown o f head dark metallic grass-green; upper surface shining grass-green, lighter than the
head. Upper tail-coverts golden bronze. Throat, breast, abdomen, and flanks metallic grass-green; a
light mous.e-coloured spot on the lower part o f the abdomen. Thighs white, feathers fluffy. Under
tail-coverts dark bronzy brown, edged with white. Wings dark purple. Tail reddish bronze, darkest on
the centre portion o f the feathers along the shafts, with the tips of the lateral rectrices bluish black, their
edges reddish bronze. This bluish-black colour almost resolves itself into a snbterminal bar, and is
especially conspicuous on the underside of the tail. Bill apparently brownish red, perhaps flesh-colour in
life, with a dark tip. Total length 3 i inches, wing 2£, tail l i , culmen i . ”
[R. B. S.]
AMAZILIA WARSZEWICZI.
Warszewicz’s Amazili.
H em ithylaca warszeioiczi, Cab. & H eine, Mus. H ein . Th. iii. p . 3 8 (1860).
Saucei'ottia warszeioiczi, Gould, Intr. Trochil. 8 vo, p. 1 6 3 (1861). Sclater & Salvin,
N om en c l. Av. Neo tr . p. 9 2 (1 8 7 3 ).— Eudes-Deslongchamps, Ann. Mus. d’Hist.
N a t. de Caen, i. p. 4 2 3 (1880).
Polytmus warszeioiczi, Gray, Hand-list o f B irds, i. p. 1 3 1 , no. 1 6 /1 (1869).
A n a n a warszeioiczi, Mulsant, H ist. Na t. Oiseaux-Mouches, i. p. 3 2 7 (1874).
Am a zilia warszewiczi, Ellio t, Synopsis o f th e Humming-Birds, p. 2 2 5 (1878).
As Amazilia sophice differs from A . saucerottii in the richer blue colouring of its upper and under tail-coverts
and tail, so does this species differ from A . sophice in having the tail and its coverts both above and beneath
of a still richer violet-blue. It is also of a smaller size; and the green of its under surface is different
from that o f both, being purer and deeper. The examples in the Gould collection were obtained by
M. Warszewicz on the hanks of the Magdalena.
Mr. Elliot places the species in close proximity to A . sophice, from which it is said to differ in having the
rump “ green like the hack,” instead o f “ bronzy purple.”
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