66. PHAETHORNIS. 267 



tS h2% t-S ^'^'''^" ^°*'^ ^'°^^ '^°^* ^'^ ^°'^''' ^°^ 2-25, 



I have no dissected specimens of this species before me ; so 

 that I am unable to note any difference in the plumage of the sexes 



Sw '^TkT '.? IT^} ^^"^"- -•!)' ^"^ b^^^^'^ indistinct 

 fulvous mark below the black throat ; these may be females. 



ifab. Guiana, Cayenne. 



a-ff. Ad. sk. (Cayenne make.) Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



66. PHAETHORNIS. 



Phaethornis, Sio. Zool. Joum. iii i, .357 n^=yi\ p ^•^'^^-i- 



Phrethornis Boie, Ids, 1831 p 548 ^ ^ P ^^P^^'^? J^^^^. 



Ptyonornis, Beich. Avfz. d. Col n 14 r]S5-t^ p" ^"P®'^*="'°sus. 



Ametrornis, Reich. Auf.. d Col \ 14 , 5i\ P ^"'^^P^^.^- 



Guyornis^; Bev. Zool. 1854%^ 24B l ^Z^"- 



Toxoteuches C'«J. !i- Heine, Mas. Rein. iii. p. 11 (IseO)". P.' f uy ' 

 n 1 -"n i-i'^'P^^'^^' ^^^"^^- ^ ^^"•'•- C^^«*^- Trod. ^ ^ 



P- 1/ (lobo) p 



"^(i^SrS™'' '^"^'" ^"^^^ '^''''^' '^'^■-^^^''^"^''''''^/ i' P-'72 ^''""'^'"' 



^?S?i; ^'^- ' ^- '^^- ■ o-.-:i/o.d^..; i; • p: • 77 ^- '''''" 



p. squalidus. 



SoSnE?ar''^'"""''^°" '°^^'^^° ^^^^^'^ *° ^°^-^ --^ 



•r,.,, , ^^(/ to the Species. 



a. Bill ciu-ved. 



a'. Dark grey or shining green beneath. Adult 

 males with the extremity of the median 

 rectrices reduced to a point. 



a". Bases of the rectrices green „„,„• „ orq 



b. Bases of the rectrices bluish green .::::: S'J'p 268 



c '. Bases of the rectrices black . ^ ZrZ'/^ 269 



b . Grey or rufescent beneath ; median rectrices ^ ^ ' ^" 

 J. °M- j,?^*^^ normal, not reduced to a point 

 a . JJiddle rectrices far exceeding the rest in 

 length. 

 a". A median gular stripe. 

 a\ Under surface buff. 



a\ Eump-feathersnaiTovrly edged with 



A5 tv" r" ■/,'■■ ; ,; supercilio.'^iiK, p. 270 



b\ Eump-featliers broadly edged with ^ 



buff. 



6". Smaller: under surface deeper ' f "'• 



fi Lnder surface grey f,i ^j '^073 



."' tS^SSE: w^aark disc. ^y-^-Ar.s 



d . Greyish white beneath anthophilu,, ^^27:-, 



