282 TRornnj. 



Pj-gniornis aniaurn, Cah. S,- Heme, Mvii. Heine, iii. p. 7 ; Heme, J. f. 

 Oni. 18G?., p. 176 ; Scl. S^- Salv. P. Z. S. 18G7, p. 752, 1873, p. 287. 

 Phaethornis adolpbi, Hiclgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 309 {nee 

 Bourc. ajnid Perlepsch). 



Adult. Upper surface bronze-green, crown much darker, feathers 

 of the rump edged -with rufous ; postocular stripe buff ; ear-coverts 

 black ; under surface greyish, flanks tinged with rufous ; throat 

 dark, -with a more or less striped appearance ; tail dark bronze- 

 green, the central rectrices tipped with dingy white, the rest with 

 narrow buff tips : maxilla black, the basal half of the mandible 

 j'ellow. Total length about 3"S inches, wing 1*7 ; tail, central rec- 

 trices 14, lateral 0-7; bill 1-05. 



A close ally of P. griseigularis, the best differential character 

 being the colour of the tail, which has the subterminal portion 

 nearly black in the above-named species, bronzy green in P. .sfrn- 

 (jiilaris. The latter, too, has a more striated throat, more obvious 

 in Colombian than in Ecuadorian specimens. 



The names P. striigularis and P. ammira were both based upon 

 Colombian skins, P. atnmentalis on an example from Ecuador. 



Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, and Upper Amazons Valley, 



a-c. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould Coll. (Types 



of the species.) 

 d-h. Ad. sk. Colombia (Bogota make). Gould & Sclater 



Colls. 

 i. Ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador {Jameson). GouldColl. (Figured 



as P. amaura, Mon. Troch.) 

 /, A-. Ad. sk. Napo {Jameson). Gould Coll. 



l. Ad. sk. Ecuador {Bucldey). Gould Coll. 



m,n. Ad.sk. Baisa, Ecuador (i)!/rA7p^). Sahiu-Godmau Coll. 



0,2}. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buchley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Santa Eosa, Ecuador ( Villa- Salviu-Godman Coll. 



yomez). 

 r. Ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador {Illinr/- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ivortJi). 

 s. Ad. sk. Chyavetas, Peruvian Amazons Gould Coll. 



(P. Bartlett). 



3. Pygmornis adolpM. 



Phaethornis adolphi, Boure. MS. ; Gould, Mon. Troch. i. pi. 85 

 (Sept. 1857) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 287 (descr. nulla), 1859, 

 pp. 368, 385; id. Cat. Am. B. p. 286; Scl. 8,- Salv. His, 1859, 

 p. 126, 1860, pp. 38, 19-5, 260; iid. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 365; Salv. 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 260, 1872, p. 319 ; id. P.Z. S. 1867, p. 152; Lam: 

 Ann. Lye. N, Y. vii. p. 291, ix. p. 121 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 122 ; 

 Elliot, Si/n. Troch. p. 18 ; Eudes-Desl. Ann. Mus. Caen, i. p. 132 ; 

 Bidyic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 591. 



Pvgmornis adolphi. Cab. Sf Heine, Mns. Hoin. iii. p. 7 ; Gould, Litr. 

 ■ Troch. p. 47 ; Salt: >.*>• Elliot, This, 1873, p. 271 ; 3hds. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 102, pi. 10, iv. p. 144 ; id. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon. 

 xxii. p. 201 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, ]i. 67. 



Pygornis adolphi, Muk. 8)- Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19, 



