( «2 ) 



(Nos. 9751, 10965, luOT;{, 10'.):4, 10075, 10990, 10991, li)992, 11008, 11236, 

 11530 (Oherrie coll.) 



These specimens agree perfectly with those collected by Mr. Whitely ou the 

 Enpiinimi river iu Brit. Gniana. 



277. Phaethornis ruber (L.).* 



Trnchilus ruber Lin., Si/.xl. Xat. Ed. X. I. (175H) p. 121 (ex Edwards— ex Surinam). 

 Phaethornis epucopm Gould, P. Z H. 1857 p. 14 (ex Demerara). 

 Phaethornis cauremis Sim. & Dalm., Ornis XI. (Nov. I9nl) p. 208 (Caura). 



Nericagna : c? 6. iv., ? 12. iv. '99. 



Munduapo : c?<? 9, 10, 16, IS, 21. ii., ? ? 3, 27. ii. 99. 



"Iris seal; feet pinkish bnff; bill dove brown ; basal half mandible ochre 

 yellow ; claws black. 



(Nos. 11820, 11886, 11887, 11890, 11973, 11997, 11998, 12036, 1213n, l-,'443, 

 12499 C'herrie coll.) 



Snapnre : S 6 15, 16. .\ii., 25. iv. '99; ?(r) 16. su. (Klages coll.). 



La Pricion : In. ii. 1901 (Audrd coll.). 



We do not see any difference between these birds and others collected near 

 Camacusa, Brit. Gniaua, by the late H. Whitely, which agree with the tyi)e of 

 F/i. ejmcoptis Gld. They also agree in every respect with the description given 

 by M. Simon and Comte Dalmas of Pit. caurensi.-i ; and moreover there are fonr 

 specimens from the Canra River in tlie Tring Mnsenm which fnlly agree with ;d! 

 the others. 



278. Campylopterus largipennis (Bodd.). 



Trnchilus largijminis Bodd., Tail. PI. Eul. (1783) p. 41 (ex PI. Knl. 672, f. 2. ex' Cayenne). 



Nericagna : <? J ad. 30. iii. (moulting), 24, 25, 28, 30. iii., 7 (monlting), 1 1 and 

 12. iv., ? jnv. 12. iv., ? ? 24, 27, 28. iii., 4. iv. '99. 



" Iris seal ; feet blackish ; bill above black, below dusky blackish." 



(Nos. 12236, 12237, 12257, 12269, 12281, 12282, 12325, 12326, 12406, 12435, 

 12468, 12491, 12492 C'herrie coll.) 



Suapnre : ? 14. iv. 1901) (S. Klages). 



Nicare : ? 18. i. 1901 (E. Andr^). 



279. Florisuga mellivora (L.). 



Trochilm meUiuonis Linn., Syst. Xnt. Ed. X. I. (1758) p. 121 (ex Edw. ex " Indiis," sc. Surinam fide 

 Edw.—Cab. of Duke of Richmond). 



Nericagna : cJc? 31. iii., 1, 4, 5, 18. iv., <?<? jnv. 31. iii., 1, 3. iv., ? ? 3. iv. '99. 

 Mnndna])o: SS 16. ii. '99. 

 " Iris seal ; feet dusky, blackish ; bill black.'" 



(Nos, 11981, 11982, 11983,11984, 12338,12339, 12340,12364,12366, 12386, 

 12387, 12404, 12436, 12518, 12588 C'herrie coll.) 



Snapnre : S 6.i., 11. iv., ? 13. iv. 19U0 (Klages). 

 Mountains west of Snapnre : S 9. v. 1900 (Klages). 

 La Pricion : tJc? ad. 9. ii., c? jnv. 9. ii. 1901 (E. Andr^). 



* Hartert (Tierreich 9. Lief., Trochilidae, p. 228) has already shown that Edwards' " Little Brown 

 Humming Bird " represents a sm.nll PhaethnmiK. and that the quotation of Linnaeus' T. ruber as a probable 

 synonym of a Sflasphorm in Cat. B. XVI, is quite erroneous. We are now convinced that the name can 

 reasonably only be referred to the species now Ittiown as Phnetli. /•pisropm. 



