P E T A S O P H O H A G E R M A M A , S a b . & O adm ,.
Brat. imp
PETASOPHORA GERMANA, Salvin fy Godman.
Guiana Violet-ear.
Trochilus anais, Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 7 0 7 (1 8 4 8 ).
Petasophora germana, Salvin & Godman, Ibis, 1 8 8 4 , p. 4 5 1 .— Salvin, Ibis, 1 8 8 5 , p. 4 34.
M r. W hitely has met with this species only on Roraima in British Guiana. It is described by Messrs.
Salvin and Godman as being allied to P . anais and of the same size, but with the throat much more blue,
the whole o f the lower throat more blue, and the forehead suffused with blue. The authors observe
respecting i t :— “ Mr. Whitely obtained a pair of this species in the neighbourhood of Roraima, the male
at an elevation o f 5000 feet, the female at 6000 feet. Though the difference between the present
bird and P . anais o f the Andes is not great, we feel justified in separating them, the ranges of the two
being doubtless broken by the low-lying lands of the Orinoco valley. It is, no doubt, this species which
Schomburgk mentions in his list o f Guiana birds ( ‘ Reise in Guiana,’ iii. p. 707).”
The Plate represents an adult male in two positions.
[R. B. S.]