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Nos. 191, 242, 663, 664, 673. 29 ad., Calama, 8, 19. vil. 1907; S. Isabel, 
10, 11. x. 1907.—Wing 52—55 ; tail 60—64 ; bill 30—32 mm. 
Nos, 767, 807. ? ? ad., Allianca, 8, 30. xi. 1907.—Wing 54, 53; bill 30 mm. 
No. 852. ¢ ad., Marmellos, 23. xii. 1907.— Wing 57 ; tail 64; bill 32 mm. 
Nos, 825, 831, 843, 852, 878. $9 ad. et imm., Marmellos, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28. 
xii. 1907.— Wing 52—53 ; tail 57—61; bill 30—31 mm. 
“Tris and feet black, bill black, below yellowish green.” 
_ The birds from the Rio Madeira are perfectly similar to topotypical specimens 
from Bolivia (Salinas, Beni; Guarayos) and others from Peru (Samiria, Sarayacu). 
The edges to the upper tail-coverts and feathers of the rump are hoary or whitish 
in the adults, while they are decidedly buff in the northern race, P. hispidus 
eillosus Lawr.,* occurring in Bogota collections, on the Upper Orinoco (Nericagua), 
ete. 
271. Phoethornis philippii (Boure.). 
Trochilus philippii Bourcier, Ann. Soc. Agric, Lyon x. p. 623 (1847,—“ Bolivia ”). 
Phoethornis philippit Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xiv. p. 394 (Humaytha, Borba). 
No, 237. df ad., Calama, 18. vii. 1907.—Wing 62; med. rectr. 64, submed. 38, 
ext. 30; bill 32 mm. 
No, 235, ¢ imm., Calama, 18. vii. 1907.—Wing 58; med. rectr. 66, submed, 36, 
ext. 25; bill 33 mm. 
No. 542. Adult, Jamarysinho, 13. ix, 1907.—Wing 64; med. rectr. 67, submed. 
38, ext. 28; bill 354 mm. 
No. 768, % ad., Allianca, 8. xi. 1907.—Wing 58 ; med. rectr. 64; bill 32 mm. 
Nos. (not numbered). ¢ ad., 3 vix ad., Calama, 10, 12. ix. 1908.—Wing 63, 59 ; 
med. rectr. 64, 60, submed. 38, 36, ext. 29, 25; bill 33, 31 mm. 
“Tris brown or black, feet black, bill black, lower mandible (except tip) red 
or yellowish red.” 
The immature female (No. 235) has the bill slightly decurved. To the range 
given in Nov. Zool. xiv. p. 395 the above localities are to be added, as also 
Cachoeira, Rio Purtis, whence Miss Snethlage+ has lately recorded a single 
specimen, P. philippii, until recently a very rare bird in collections, appears to be 
widely distributed in Brazilian Amazonia, from the Solimoéns to the Madeira 
Valley. 
272. Phoethornis ruber ruber (Linn.). 
Trochilus ruber Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 121 (1758,—ex Edwards, Ornith. i. p. 32. pl. 32. fig. sup. : 
Surinam) ; cf, Nov. Zool. xiii, p- 375. 
P. ruber ruber Hellmayr, Nov, Zool. xiv. p. 395 (Humaytha). 
Phaetornis Davidianus Pelzeln, 1.c. p. 27 (Borba), 
No. 8. Juy., Calama, 9. vi. 1907.—Wing 32 ; tail 32 ; bill 20 mm. 
No. 183. $, Calama, 7. vii, 1907.—Wing 33; tail 32; bill 21 mm. 
No. 926. ¢ juv., Marnins, 12, vi. 1908.—Wing 33; tail 34; bill 22 mm. 
“Tris black, feet yellow, bill black, lower mandible yellowish green, tip 
(8 to 9 mm.) black.” = 
The three specimens are in the “eremita” plumage, with pointed rcctrices 
: * Phact vornis villosus Lawrence, Ann, Lye, Nat. Hist. N. York vi. p. 258 (1858.—E-uador ; Santé 
Fé de Bogota). 
T Joxrn. f. Orn. 1908. p. 18, 
