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omnibus, extimis exceptis, in pogonio interno cinnamomeo marginatis: rostro nigro. Long. tota circa 3:9, 
ale 1:45, caude rectr. med. 0:4, rectr. lat. 1:5, rostri a rictu 0°9. 
$ supra mari similis, sed dilutior: subtus alba cervina vix tincta, hypochondriis leviter viridi lavatis ; caude 
rectricibus utrinque tribus ad basin cervinis albo terminatis et fascia lata subterminali nigra notatis. 
(Descr. maris et femine ex Jalapa, Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Delattre!, de Oca, Ferrari-Perez 8), Barranca de Jico near Jalapa 
(de Oca? *), Mirador (Sartorius, in U.S. Nat. Mus.), Cordova, Llano de Camerones 
near Vera Cruz (Sallé), Progreso (Gaumer), Sisal (Schott !°), Merida in Yucatan 
(Schott, in U. 8. Nat. Mus.), Northern Yucatan, Holbox Island (G. F. Gaumer 91°), 
This species was discovered by Delattre between Vera Cruz and Jalapa, where he 
says it is very rare, living in societies, flying early and resting during the day from 
9 o'clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon 1. 
Delattre obtained specimens of both sexes, as well as young birds and the nest and 
eggs. 
De Oca gives a similar account of its habits? +. He says that it is one of the rarest of 
Mexican Humming-Birds. It is very shy, flying very early in the morning and never seen 
between 8 o'clock in the morning and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, when it flies again till 
dusk, frequenting the same flowers day after day, those of the tobacco being favourites. 
De Oca also found it at the Barranca de Jico, about thirty miles from Jalapa, and here 
he discovered its nest, which he describes as very small, round, and flat at the bottom, 
being neither so deep nor so thick on the lower part as in those of the generality of 
Humming-Birds. The nest is covered on the outside with moss and lined on the inside 
with Tule, or cotton from the seeds of Cyperus. 
Other collectors have met with this species in this part of the State of Vera Cruz, 
but always in sparing numbers. On the north coast of Yucatan and on some of the 
adjoining islands D. elize appears to be more common, and we have seen specimens 
from there from several collectors. | 
The female is very like that sex of D. enicura, but is much whiter on the under 
surface. 
8. Doricha bryante. 
Doricha bryante, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 483°; ix. p. 123°; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, 
p- 316°; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p.209*; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 384°; Boucard, P.Z.S. 
1878, p. 70°; Gould, Mon. Troch. Suppl. t. 33 (Jan. 1881)"; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa 
Rica, 1887, p. 122°. ; 
Supra saturate nitenti-aureo-viridis: subtus gula micanti-rubra, pectore albicante, abdomine medio albido, 
hypochondriis antice viridi lavatis, postice cinnamomeis ; tectricibus subcaudalibus rufescentibus viridi 
lavatis ; caude rectricibus mediis olivescenti-nigricantibus, proximis externe ejusdem coloris interne pur- 
pureo-nigris, reliquis purpureo-nigris, omnibus pogonio interno cinnamomeo limbatis: rostro nigro. Long. 
tota circa 3°7, ale 1°6, caude rectr. med. 0°45, rectr. lat. 1-4, rostri a rictu 0°7. 
Q supra mari similis, subtus pallide rufescens; gula, hypochondriis, et tectricibus subcaudalibus saturatioribus, 
pectore et abdomine medio pallidioribus; rectricibus lateralibus ad basin et apicibus rufescentibus, fascia 
subterminali lata nigra notatis. (Descr. maris et feminz ex Castillo, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
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