5<!0 NOTES ON NEOTROPICAL BIRDS. 



that this specimen "is not distinguishable from northern specimens o 

 Ph. longirostris. 17 I, however, find that the skin in question belongs t< 

 true Ph. superciliosus (L.) apud Elliot, agreeing perfectly with othei 

 specimens from Upper Amazonia and British Guiana. Mr. Bidgwaj 

 may have compared it with his Ph. superciliosus from Bahia, whiol 

 is = pretrei. I may remark that Ph. .superciliosus is easily distinguish 

 able from Ph. longirostris in having the upper tail-coverts green, tippet 

 with pale fulvous, while in longirostris they are deep fulvous, barret 

 with 2 to 3 dark (greenish) bands. 



3. Phaethornis longirostris (Less.) ex Turbo; name correct 



No. 17918, male, Turbo (coll. Schott), type of Ph. cassini Lawr. 



This is evidently a young bird presenting many signs of immaturity, 

 Unfortunately it is a bad and imperfect skin, and in consequence ol 

 this it is difficult to make a close comparison with specimens of Phi 

 longirostris from Central America. I may, however, note that in the 

 Turbo bird the upper tail-coverts are of a deeper tint, being more brown- 

 ish fulvous. The back is dark brown, with slight bronze reflections, 

 instead of being green. Tlie stripe in the middle of upper throat and 

 the mystacal stripe are of a deeper fulvous. The under parts arc gen- 

 erally darker and more mixed with grayish brown. 



4. Phaethornis squalidus (Tem.) ex Rio Negro; name correct, locality incorrect. 



No. 24534, Rio Negro (ex Dr. Heekmann). 



The skin of this bird is of the peculiar make by which all skins of 

 trade coming from Southern Brazil are recognizable prima visit. If Bio 

 Negro means the northern confluent of the Amazon the locality is 

 evidently erroneous, but there is a river "Bio Negro" on the northern 

 frontier of Sta. Catarina where the skin may have really come from. 



5. Phaethornis adolphi Gould ex Turbo = Ph. striigularis Gll>. 



No. 17915, female, Turbo (coll. Micbler). 



This is by no means Ph. adolphi, but Ph. striigularis Old., agreeing 

 with specimens of that species from Bogota and l'orto Uabello. 



6. Campylopterus lazulus (Vieill.) ex Peru; name correct, locality erroneous. 



No. 11744, male, Peru (C. Raymond). 



This species has not yet been stated to occur in Bern, and the locality 

 attributed to the specimen is most probably erroneous. The skin looks 

 like a Bogota skin, and agrees with others from that locality. 



7. Lafresnaya flavicaudata (Fras.) ex Popayan; name correct, locality erroneous. 



No. 24.")(i5, male, Popayan (Dr. Heermann). 



This species has not yet been mentioned from Popayan, where, how- 

 ever, I j. saulCB (Bourc. & Del.) has been stated to occur. I believe 

 the specimen in question to be simply a so-called Bogota skin. It docs 

 not differ from specimens sent from that region. The species ought to 

 be called L. lafresnayei (BoiSS.), or, as I prefer, Entima lafresnayei 

 (Boiss.). 



