(37. PYGMORXIS. 281 



Sand-l. B. i. p. 122 ; Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 18 ; Tacz. 1\ Z. S. 



1880, p. 204 ; id. Orn. Per. i. p. 270 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 315. 

 Trocbilus aspasiae, Bourc. 8)- Muls. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, (2) iii. 



p. 188. 

 Pvgmornis griseigularis, Bp. Bev. Zool. 1854, p. 250 ; Salv. Sf Elliot, 



'ibis, 1873, p. 272 ; Heine, J.f. Orn. 186.3, p. 176. 

 Eremita griseigularis, Reich. Aufz. d. Col. p. 14. 

 Pygornis griseigularis, Muls. Sf Terr. Class. Troch. p. 19. 

 Pyginornis griseogularis, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 8; Gould, 



Iidr. Troch. p. 47 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 97 ; id. 



An>i. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. p. 201. 

 Phaethoruis zouura, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 305 ; id. Mon. Troch. i. 



pi. 30 (Sept. 1861). 

 Pygmornis zonura, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 47. 



Adult male. Upper surface bronze-green, darker on the crown; 

 nimp dark rufous ; postocular stripe buil ; ear-coverts black ; under 

 surface pale rufous, chin dark grey ; tail black, the central pair of 

 feathers with a slight bronze hue and tipped witli dingy white, the 

 rest edged terminally with rufous : maxilla black, basal half of the 

 mandible yeUow. Total length about 3'3 inches, wing 1-45 ; tail 

 1-35, lateral rectrices 0-57 ; bill 1. 



Female. Similar to the male, but rather paler beneath. 



A common bird in trade collections from Bogota. Stolzmann's 

 specimens were shot at Callacate in Peru at an elevation of 480 (.) 

 feet above the sea. 



Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



a-f. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould CoU. (Types 



of the species.) 



g-m. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Salvin-Godmau & 



Gould Colls. 



n, 0. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



p, q. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



r. Ad. sk. Peru ( Warszeiviez). Gould Coll. (Type 



of P. zonura.) 



s. Ad. sk. Callacate, N. Peru {Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 



2. Pygmornis striigularis. 



Pbaethornis striigularis, Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 37 (Oct. 1854) ; 



Scl. P.Z.S. 1854, p. Ill, 1855, p. 139; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 280; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 122; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 19; Tacz. Orn. 



Per. i. p. 272 ; Berl. J.f. Orn. 1887, p. 316 ; Pidgtv. Pr. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. xi. p. 560. 

 Trocbilus amaura, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1856, p. 552. 

 Pbaetbornis atrimeutalis, Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 200. 

 Phaetbomis amaura, Goidd, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 32 (May 1859). 

 Pbaethornis sp. ?, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 194. 

 Pygmornis striigidaiis. Cab. &,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7 ; Gould, 



Intr. Troch. p. 48 ; Salv. ^- Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 273 ; Muls. Hist. 



Nat. Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 96, iv. p. 146 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 



xxii. p. 201 ; Berl. Sf Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 566. 

 Pygoruis striigularis, Muls. Sf Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19. 



