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76. "Threnetes leucurus (Linn.) 

 ZVo hilus leucurus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. !. p. 190 (17t»i"i — ex Edwards & Brisson : Surinam). 



No. 827. 6 ad., 25. vii. 06. '-Iris black, feet yellowish grey, bill black."— 

 AVing 6H; tail 36} ; bill 29* mm. 



No. 891. ? imm, 23. vi. 06. " Ins blaek,feet yellow, bill black."— AVing .',4 ; 

 tail 32 ; bill 20 mm. 



These birds differ from typical Surinam specimens merely by having the 

 abdomen more washed with rusty buff, less greyish white in the middle. The 

 light portions of the rectrices are pure white, as in 7'. leucurus of Surinam and 

 British Guiana. 



It is remarkable that this species, hitherto snpposed to be confined to the 

 Guianas, reoccurs on the south bank of the Rio Solimoes, where we should expect 

 to meet with its Upper Amazonian representative, 7'. cernnicauda Gould, which 

 has lately been found in the Para district (cfr. Nov. Zool. xiii. (1905), p. 374). 

 I must confess I am at a loss to understand the singular distribution of these 

 two forms. 



T. leucurus is new to the Brazilian fauna. 



77. Glaucis hirsuta (Gm.) 



Cfr. Nov. Zool. xiii. (UlOG) p. 374. 



No. 87C. 6 ad. moulting, 27. vi. 06. " Iris black, feet yellow, bill black, 

 below yellow." Agreeing with Bahia skins. 



78. Phoethornis philippii (Bourc.) 



Trochilus philippii Bourcier, Ann. Sue. Agrie. Lyon x. (1847), p. 623 (1847 — "Bolivia '). 



Phaethornis filippii Berlepscb, Journ.f. Ornith. 1880. p. 100 (Fonteboa). 



P. bourcieri (nee Lesson !) Ihering, Revist. Mus. raid. vi. (19U5) p. 443 (Rio Jurua). 



No. 745. 8 ad., 2. vi. 06. "Iris black, bill black, below red."— AVing 59 ; med. 

 rectr. 63 ; snbmed. rectr. 37 ; outermost rectr. 27 : bill 34 mm. 



No. 762. 8 vix ad., 6. vii. 06. " Iris black, bill black, below red."— AVing 62 ; 

 rectr. (as above) 72, 39, 29 ; bill 33 mm. 



Mus, Paulist. No. 3674. Adult, Rio Jurua, ix. 02. E. Garbe coll.— AVing 

 59 ; rectr. 62, 37, 25 ; bill 32 mm. 



The second specimen is an immature bird, the feathers of the crown and back 

 being margined with buff, while in the two other examples these parts are uniform 

 golden green. 



This very rare species was only known hitherto from two specimens : the type 

 said to be from Bolivia, and an immature bird collected by Garlepp near Fonteboa, 

 Rio SolimOes. It was, therefore, with great pleasure that we met with two 

 additional examples in Mr. Hoffmanns' lot. Soon after the receipt of these, Prof, 

 von Ihering forwarded to us the specimen recorded by him as P. bourcieri, 

 and we found it identical with the Teffe" examples. P. philippii is a very near 

 ally of P. bourcieri (Less.), of the Guianas and the Upper Rio Negro, agreeing 

 with it in the straightness of the bill and in the shape of the tail, bnt differs at 

 a glance in coloration. The nnder-surface, instead of being greyish bull', is bright 

 ochraceous (between Hidgway's Xomencl., pi. v. figs. 7 and 10), the upper tail- 



