though I have seen them as late as December 7 and as early as March 9. —
(Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 470. — Sennett, B. Eio Grande, 35.)
124. Amazilia fuscicaudata.
Trochilus fuscicaudatus, Fraser, P. Z. S. Feb. 11, 1840, 17 (Chachapoyas, Peru). Hylocharis fuscicaudatus, Gray &, Mitch., Genera B. I, 114, sp. 26. Saucerottiafuscicauda, Reichenb., Troch. Enum. 1855, 8, t. 696, figs. 4552-'53. Trochilus riefferi, Bourcier, Ann. Sci. Phys. etNat. Lyon, 1843, 45; Rev. Zool. 1843, 103 (Fusagasuga, New Granada).
Amazilius riefferi, Bonap., Consp. I, 1850, 78; Rev. Zool. 1854, 254.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1856, 140; 1857, 16 (Bogota); 1859, 145 (Pallatanga, Ecuador). Amazilia riefferi, Reichenb., Av. Syst. Nat. 1849, pi. 39 ; Aufz. der Colibr. 1853, 10 ; Trochil. Enum. 1855, 8, t. 775, figs. 4798-'99.— Gould, Monog. Trochilid. V, 1853, pi. 311.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1859, 145; 1860,94 (New Granada), 283 (Babahoyo, Ecuador), 296 (Esmeraldas, Ecuador) ; Catal. Am. B. 1862, 314, No. 1878 (Coban, Vera Paz ; Baranquilla, New Granada ; Esmeraldas, Ecuador). — Scl. & Salv., Ibis, 1859, 130 (Guatemala) ; 1860, 40 (Duenas, Guatemala) ; 1864, 365 (Panama) ; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 92 (Mexico; Central America; New Granada; Ecuador).— Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 195, 270 (Coban, Vera Paz); P. Z. S. 1867, 156 (Veragua) ; Ibis, 1872, 320 (Nicaragua).— Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 378 (San Nicolas, New Granada ; alt. 3,000 feet).
Polytmus riefferi, Gray & Mitch., Genera B. I, 1849, 108, No. 72.— Gray, Hand-list, 1,1869, 132, No. 1680 (S.Mexico; Guatemala; "Andes."— Subg. Amazili).
Pyrrhophcena riefferi, Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Ill, 1860, 36. — Gould, In trod. Trocbilid. 1861, 158 (" Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and along the Andes to Ecuador") ; P. Z. S. 1870, 803 (Citado, Ecuador).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. Oct. 23, 1865, 184 (Greytown, Nicaragua) ; ib. IX, 1868, 127 (Costa Rica) ; Ball. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 4, 1876, 33 (Guichi- covi, Isth. Tehnantepec). — Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, Nov. 1876, 88 (Ft. Brown, Texas, June, 1876 ; 2 specimens). Eranna riefferi, Heine, J. f. O. 1863, 188 (New Granada). Trochilus aglaice, Bourc. & Muls., Ann. Soc. Phys. Sc. Lyon, 1846, 329 ; Rev. Zool. 1846, 316 {hob. incog.).— Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mouch. I, , 319. Polytmus aglaice, Gray & Mitch., Genera B. 1, 1849, 109, sp. 73. Amazilius aglaice, Bonap., Consp. I, 1850, 71.
Saucerottia aglaice, Reichenb., Aufz. der Colibr. 1853, 10. Chlorestes aglaice, Reichenb., Troch. Enum. 1855, 4. Remithylaca aglaice, Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Ill, 1860, 38, note 13. Ornismya amazili, Delattre, HJcho du Monde Sav. No. 45, June 15, 1843, col. 1069. " Trochilus arsinoides, Sauc, in Mus. of Berlin " (Gould). Trochilus dubusi, Bourc, Soc. Agric. Lyon, 1852, 141. Amazilia dubusi, Reichenb., Aufz. der Colibr. 1853, 10 ; Trochil. Enum. 1855, 8, pi. 778, figs. 4809-'10
Eranna dubusi, Heine, J. f. O. 1863, 188 (Veragua; Guatemala; Costa Rica ; S. Mexico). Amazilius dubusi, Bonap., Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 254. — Scl., P. Z. S. • 1856, 287 ; 1859, 386; 1860, 296. • Pyrrhophama dubusi, Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Ill, 1860, 36. Eranna jucunda, Heine, J. f. 0. 1863, 188 (Babahoyo and Esmeraldas, Ecuador). Pyrrhophcena sauvis, Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Ill, 1860, 38 (Cartagena, New Granada). Eranna sauvis, Heine, J. F. O. 1863, 188 (Cartagena).
Sp. oh. — Above metallic grass-green (varying to golden-green), more
