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 loo. Phoethornis longuemareus (Less.). 



Trnchihis Jmiguemareus Lesson, Ilisl. Xat. Tinrh;!.. p. If), pi. 2 (1832— Cayenne). 



Three c?(? fi'oin Cai)aro, Ajjril. Tlic Ti-injr Miisoum lias also two skins (r? ?) 

 collected by Dr. Percy Kendall at ('ajiaro. 



Tliev differ iVom a series of ( 'ayenue skins (coll. Cliorrie) liy liaving the 

 hiackish subterniinal bar on the tail-feathers less distinct and the njijier lail-eoverts 

 not so broadly margined with rufous. The blackish ^nlar spot, too, seems to be 

 larger. Tlie.se slight differences, however, are not qnite constant. 



P. lonqueimiri'us is hitherto only known from Cayi'nne, British (Jniaiia 

 (Schombnrgk), and Trinidad. 



101. Phoethornis guy guy (Less.). 



Trneliihix ijiiji Lesson, Hist. Xal. Tmckilid. p. ll'.l. tab. 44 [18.32: no locality gircn. Wc substitute 

 Ti-iii/ihtfl]. 



3 c?(? from Caparo, March and April ; 1 J ad. from Aripo, 2000 ft., May. 



Specimens from ( 'iuiian;i are practically identical. All have the base of the 

 tail and the njiper tail-coverts bronze green, withont any bluish gloss. This form 

 is confined to Trinidad and N.E. Venezuela (state of Cnmaua). 



102. Florisuga mellivora (Tjinn.). 



Trtn-hiliiti ittfUirnri/^i Linnaeus, Si/\t. Xuf. x. p. 121 (17.'i8 — ex Edwards: " in Indiis " : sc. Snr/iKtni 

 ex Edwards). 



J? ad. frmn ( 'ap;iro, April : 1 d fmm Valencia, March: and 1 cJ imm. from 

 Aripo, KiiiO ft.. May. 



Though occurring in Tobago, the species has not yet been found on the opposite 

 Venezuelan coast. 



I'l;'. Agyrtria chiouopectus chionopectus (Gould). 



T/iiitiiitalidH rliiniiiijirrtus fiould, Monaf/r. Ti-iii/iil. V. (l.SiJ'.l), tab. 2'.i:i [Ti'inidad]. 



A large series from (laparo, March and Ajiril, and Laveutille, March. It occurs 

 alsd on the opposite Venezuelan coast iu the state of Cumana, where it has been 

 collected by Mr. Phelps (Aid 1807. p. 300). 



In British (Tiiiana and on the ('aura liiver it is represented by a smaller Ibini 

 with a less coppery tail, ,1. c. /r/ii/c/i/i (Bone.). 



Iii4. Saucerottea erythronotos erythronotos (Less.). 



Oriiiionyn eri/lhrniiolos Le<son, Jlixl. Xiil. Oi.i. .1/"h<7««, pp. .\x.\ii., 180. tab. Ixi. [1829: "Bresil" — 

 crrore ! We substitute TniihluJ]. 



Twelve specimens of both se.xes from (!aparo, April ; 1 S from Ohaguaramas, 

 January ; 1 i from Laventille, November ; and 1 i from Arijio, 2000 ft., May. 



In most specimens the under tail-coverts are dark coppery with ciunamou 

 edges, but in one S from C'aparo they are dark violet edged with whitish, and in 

 another from Laventille ])ale greyish with whitish margins. 



The Tobago form, S. <'. wells/ Bone, is rather larger, with the tail luori' deeply 

 i'orked, and with the back and crown darker, purer green. On the Venezuelan 

 mainland it is represented by another close ally, S. e.fi'liciuc. ((Jf. the excellent 

 remarks liy Count Dalmas in Miin. Soc. Zool. France xiii. 1900. pp. 142-3.) 



