274 TROCHILl. 



Pliaethorais oseryi, Bp. Reu. Zool. 1854, p. 249 ; Gould, Man. Troch 



i. pi. 23 (Sept. 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 43 ; Mills. 8f Verr. 



Clu^s. Troch. p. 18; Orai/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 122; Scl. S,- Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979, 1873, p. 287 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, 



i. p. 112. 

 Phaethornis villosus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 259. 

 Phaetliornis anthopliilus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27 ? 



Adult. Upper surface dark shining green ; crown dark brown ; 

 feathers of the lower back with a subterminal dark transverse bar, 

 and tipped with a broad grey fringe ; superciliary, malar and gular 

 stripes dull white ; rest of the under surface grey, the sides of the 

 neck mottled with whitish, and the middle of the abdomen white ; 

 lateral rectrices dark green at the base, with white shafts, sub- 

 terminally brownish black and tipped with white, the two elongated 

 central feathers dark green at the base, the prolonged tips white : 

 maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, whitish. Total length 

 about 5"5 inches, wing 2, tail 2-15, bill I'o. 



Hah. Valley of the Upper Amazons from Colombia to Bolivia. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godman & 



Gould Colls. 



d. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Ecuador ((?. iV^. i/«;we«ce). Gould Coll. 



(Typical of P. villosus, Lawr.) 

 f-h. Ad. sk. [Ecuador.] Gould Coll. 



i. (S ad. ; j, k. Pebas, Amazons, Juue {J. Hau.v- Salvin-Godman & 



Ad. sk. ' iuell). Sclater Colls. 



I. c? ad. sk. Iquitos, Amazons, March (Zf. Gould Coll. 



Whitely). 

 in. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Bridges). Gould Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



8. Phaethornis syrmatophorus. 



Phaethornis syrmatophoru9, Gould, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 129; id. 



Mo7i. Troch. i. pi. 20 (Oct. 1852) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 42 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1870, p. 803 ; Beich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14 ; Bp. Rev. Zool. 



1854, p. 249 ; Scl. P. Z. <S'. 1859, p. 145 ; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 285 ; 



Muls. t^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 121 ; 



Salv. S; Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 8 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. 



p. 68, iv. p. 141 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 200 ; Elliot, Syn. 



Troch. p. 16 ; Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 528 ; Eudes-Desl. 



Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 109 ; Tacz. S) Berl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 303, 



1885, p. 102. 

 't Phaethornis columbianus, Boucard, The Humming Bird, i. p. 17 



(Mar. 1891). 



Adult. Upper surface dark bronze-green, each feather with a sub- 

 terminal dark band and fringed with buff ; crown dark brown ; rump 

 fawn-colour ; postocular and malar stripes pale buff ; lores and ear- 

 coverts black ; middle of the throat white, edged laterally with an 

 indistinct band of dark spots, more definite in younger birds ; rest 

 of the under surface fawn-colour ; tail dark green at the base, with 

 a broad subterminal black band, the lateral feathers tipped with 



