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 298. Lophornis verreauxi klagesi snbsp. nov. 



[Trochilus verreauxi Bourc. & J. & E. Verreaux, Rev. & Mag. de Zool. 1853 p. 193 PI. VI. (typ. 

 ex " P^rou " *).] 



L. L. verreauxi dictae simillima sed (in mari adulto) corpore toto obscuriore 

 viridi, rectricibns tectricibusqne caudae snperioribus obscnre brouzino-olivaceis (nee 

 cnpveo-aeneis I), plumis ad latera colli elongatis etiam obscnrioribus, raacnla minore 

 alba apicatis distingnenda. SS ad. al. 44, 45 ; cand. 32, 28, culm. 13, 12A mm. 



Hab. In regione flumiuis Canra : Snapnre, La Pricion. 



Typus : Suapnre, t? 1. i. 19U0, Klages coll., in Mus. Tring. 



The adult males from the C'anra Kiver differ from an old male from Yurimaguas 

 and a series of adult /nales from Bogota collections as follow : 



The colour of the whole body is of a darker green ; the rectrices and upper 

 tail-co¥erts differ striking!}- in their dark bronzy olive instead of dark coppery 

 bronze-colour. 



The long ornamental feathers on the sides of the throat are of a darker green, 

 and have smaller and less conspicuous white tips. 



In the females the darker green of the body plumage is not so conspicuous, 

 but the tail is less bronzy, more blackish and greenish, and the pale tips to the 

 rectrices are somewhat darker, more greyish, and generally more restricted in size. 



This interesting new form is named in honour of Mr. Samnel M. Klages, who 

 partly with his brother Edw. A. Klages, but mostly alone, collected on the ('aura 

 River and sent us many valuable specimens. 



We have the following specimens of L. verreauxi klac/esi : 



Suapnre : (J ad. 1. i. 1900. " Iris dark grey ; bill and feet black." ? ? 20. v. 

 '99, 4, 16. i. 1900 (Klages). 



La Pricion : c? ad. 8. ii. 1901, 4 ? ? 13, 14. xii. 1900 (E. Andri?). 



299. Discosura longicauda (Gm.). 



Trochilus hngicaudus Gml., Syst. Nat. I. 1 (1788) p. 498 (ex BufEon "du cabinet de Mons. 

 Mauduit," no locality. We substitute Cayenne.) 



Nericagua : ? 1. iv. '99 (no. 12374 Cherrie coll.). 

 " Iris seal ; feet blackish ; bill black." 



300. Stenopsis cayennensis (Gm.). 



Caprhmdgus cayennensis Gml., Syst. Xut. Ed. XIII. 1 (1788) p. 1031 (ex Buff.— Cayenne). 



Altagracia : <?(? 27. xi., 1 (bis), 7, 11, 28. xii., S juv. Iike/ma;e27. xi., 26. xii., 

 ? ? 27. xi., 1, 7 (bis), 11,28. xii. '97. 



" Iris blackish ; feet pale dusky ; bill blackish." 



Qniribaua de Caicara : c? ? ad. 4. iv. '98. 



(Nos. 8905, 8906, 8907, 8961, 8962, 8963, 9074, 9075, 9076, 9162, 9163, 9164, 

 9415, 9416, 9417, 10601, 10602 Cherrie coll.) 



cJcJ al. 143, 137, 137, 145, 146, caud. 123, 113, 112 mm. 



? ? „ 141, 137, 133, cand. 105, 103, 99 mm. 



These specimens exhibit generally smaller dimensions than the skins collected 

 in British Guiana by the late Mr. Whitely. In fact, the female specimens 

 collected by Mr. Peters antl by Hartert in the island of Curacao, which are of rather 

 small size, agree in their dimensions perfectly with the females collected near 



• We take as the typical locality Upper Amazons, country about Yurimaguas. 



