278 TKocniLi. 



Lyon, xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn. Trnch. p. 14 ; Eurles-Besl. Ann. 

 Mus. Caen, i. p. 114; Salv. Cut. StricJd. Coll. -p. 359; Berl. Pr. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 559. 

 Pliaetliornis superciliosus, Burni. Syst. Ueh. ii. p. 323; Cah. ^' 

 Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. j). 9 ; Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 45 ; Scl. Cat. 

 Am. B. p. 286; Muls. ^- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18; Grai/, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 121 ; Reinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. Kjob. 1870, p. 99 ; 

 Midffic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 309. 



Adult. Upper surface shining bronze-green, crown dark ; rump 

 rusty red ; postocular and malar stripes pale buff ; lores and ear- 

 coverts black ; under surface cinnamon, a little darker on the 

 throat, which has a pale median stripe ; tail bronze-green, all the 

 feathers broadlj' tipped with white, the lateral ones with a broad 

 Bubtormiual black band : maxilla black ; mandible, except the tip, 

 red. Total length about 6 inches, wing 2"25 ; tail, central rectrices 

 2-9, next pair 2-25, outer pair 1 ; bill 1-5. 



Ilab. Brazil from Bahia to the southern provinces. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wuclierer\ Salvin-fiodman Coll. 



c-i. Ad. sk. Brazil (Bahia make). Gould Coll. 



j. Ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Rogers), 



k, I. S ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



.Tan. & Aug. {H. H. Smith). 



14. Phaethornis nattereri. 



Phaetornis longuemareus, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27. 

 Phaethornis nattereri, Berl. Ibis, 1887, p. 289. 

 ? Phfetoruis gouuellei, Boucard, The Hunwmiy Bird, i. p. 17 (Mar. 

 1891). 



Upper surface bronze-brown ; rump rufous ; supcrcilium and 

 under surface pale fulvous, a little darker on the throat ; tail 

 graduated, the feathers narrow, the four central ones tipped with 

 white, the rest with pale fulvous : bill black; the mandible, except 

 the extreme tip, flesh-colour ; feet hazel. Total length about 

 4-5 inches, wing 1-8 ; tail, central feathers 1'8, lateral 0-7; bill 1-15. 

 (Type, Mus. Berlepsch.) 



T only know this bird from seeing the type, kindly lent me by 

 Count Berlepsch. It appears to be a small form of P. pretrii. 



Hah. Brazil, Matto Grosso {Natterer). 



15. Phaethornis bourcieri. 



Trochilus bourcieri, Less. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. G2, pi. 18 ; id. Ind. Gen. 

 Troch. p. xiv. 



Phaethornis bourcieri, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 67 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. 

 i. pi. 25 (May 1853) ; id. Intr. Troch. p. 43 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. 



■ p. 288 ; Muls. 4- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 18 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 121 ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S 1867, p. 752, 1873, p. 286 ; Salv. .S" 

 Elliot, This, 1873, p. 13 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 85, 

 iv. p. 143 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyo7i, xxii. p. 201 ; Elliot, Syn. 



