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Nos. 191, 242, CC3, CC4, r,::!. ? ? a.l, Ciilaraa, S, 10. vii. 1907 ; S. Isabel, 

 lo, 11. X. 1907.— Wing 52—50; tail (iO— G4 ; bill 30—32 mm. 



Nos. 7(17, 807. ? ¥ ad., Allianca, S, 30. xi. 1007.— Wing 54, 53 ; bill 30 mm. 



No. 852. S ad., Marmellos, 23. xii. 19i)7.— Wing 57 ; tail 04; bill 32 mm. 



Nos. 825, 831, 843, 852, 878. ? ? ad. et imm., Marmellos, IS, 10, 21, 23, 28. 

 xii. 1007.— Wing 32—53 ; tail 57—01 ; bill 30—31 mm. 



" Iris and feet blaok, bill blaclc, below yellowish green." 



The birds from the Rio Madeira are perlcctly similar to topotypical specimens 

 from Bolivia (Salinas, Beni ; Guarayos) and others from Pern (Samiria, Sarayafn). 

 The edges to the upi)er tail-coverts and feathers of the rnmp are hoary or whitish 

 in the adnlts, while they are decidedly bnff in the iiortliern race, 1'. hispidus 

 rillosus Lawr.,* oci'nrring in Bogota collections, on the Upper Orinoco (Nericagna), 

 etc. 



271. Phoethornis philippii (Bonrc). 



Trochilus jiliilippii Bourcier, Ann. Sue. Agrir. Lyon x. p. 023 (1847. — " Bolivia ''). 

 Phoethornis philippii Hellmayr, Xoi: Zonl. xiv. p. 394 (Humaytha, Borba). 



No. 237. c? ad., Calama, 18. vii. 1907.— Wing 02 ; med. reetr. 04, submed. 38, 

 ext. 30 ; bill 32 mm. 



No. 235. ? imm., f'alama, 18. vii. 1007. — Wing 58; med. rectr. GO, submed. 30, 

 ext. 25 ; bill 33 mm. 



No. 542. Adult, Jamarysinho, 13. ix. 1007. — AVing 04; mod. rectr. 07, snbmed. 

 38, ext. 28 ; bill 35^ mm. 



No. 708. ? ad., Allianca, 8. xi. 1907.— Wing 58 ; med. rectr. 04 ; bill 32 mm. 



Nos. (not nnmbered). S ad., cJ vix ad., Calama, 10, 12. ix. lOoS.— Wing 03, 59 ; 

 med. rectr. 04, 60, submed. 38, 30, ext. 29, 25 ; bill 33, 31 mm. 



" Iris 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 Soi: Zool. xiv. p. 395 the above localities are to be added, as also 

 Cachoeira, Rio Purns, whence Miss Snethlagef has lately recorded a single 

 specimen. ]'. philippii, until recently a very rare bird in collections, appears to be 

 widely distributed in Brazilian Amazonia, from the Solimoens to the Madeira 

 Valley. 



272. Phoethornis ruber ruber (Linn.). 



Tnu-hilns riiher Linnaeus, Si/sl. Nat. x. p. 121 (1758.— ex Eawards, Oniith. i. p. 'ii. pi. 32. fig. sup. : 



Surinam) ; of. .Vor. Zuul. xiii. p. 375. 

 /'. ruber ruber Hellmayr, A'oc. Zuol. xiv. p. 305 (Humaytha). 

 Phaetornis Daridiunus Pelzeln, l.r. p. 27 (Borba). 



No. 8. Juv., Calama, 0. vi. 10o7.— Wing 32 ; tail 32 ; bill 2(i mm. 

 No. 183. ? , Calama, 7. vii. 1907.— Wing 33 ; tail 32 ; bill 21 mm. 

 No. 920. cJ juv., Marnins, 12. vi. 1908.— Wing 33 ; tail 34 ; bill 22 mm. 

 " Iris black, feet yellow, bill black, lower mandible yellowish green, tip 

 (8 to 9 mm.) black." 



The three specimens are in the "ercmitu" ]ilnmag(', with pointed rcctrices 



• J'hart'iitnus villoma Lawrjnce, Ann. I.ijc. Xat. Hist. .V. Y,nli \i. [i. ^O-i (,1S.'kH.— Eiuailor ; Santi 

 Vi lie Hogola). 



t Journ.f. Orn. 1908. p. 18. 



