(l7. PYGMORNIS. 2S5 



black ; bill black, tbc basal half of the mandible yellow. Total 

 length about 3-7 inches, wing 1"3, tail 1-35, bill 0"95. 



Female. Like the male on the upper side ; beneath paler and 

 without the pectoral band ; tail longer. 



Hob. British Guiana. 



a. Ad. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 

 b-f. x\d. sk. Demerara. Gould Coll. 



(J. c? ad. sk. Bavtica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



June {H. Whitely). 

 h. S ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(^- " •)• . . 



i,j. S ad. : k, Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Jan., Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 $ ad. sk. Oct. {H. W.). 



7. Pyginornis pyginaeus. 



Le Brin blanc jeuue age, Audeberf, Ois. Dor. i. p. 46, pi. 19. 

 Trochilus brasiliensis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. vii. p. 357 (nee 



Latham); d'Orb. ^- Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 32. 

 Trochilus pygmasus, Spix, At: Bras. p. 78, pi. 80. f. 1. 

 Trochilus rufigaster, Vieill. Mic. Meth. p. 551 ; Less. Hist. Nat. Col. 



p. 43, pi. 9 ; id. Ind. Gen. Troch. p. xv. 

 Trochilus davidianus, IjCss. Hist. Nat. Troch. p. 50, pi. 13 ; id. hid. 



Gen. Troch. p. xv. 

 Phaethornis eremita, Gould, Man. Troch. i. pi. 40 (June 1840) ; Bp. 



Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 287 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 122 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 27 ; Eeinh. Vidensk. Medd. Nat. For. 



Kjoh. 1870, p. 101. 

 Phaethornis pvgmaeus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 68 ; Gould, Mon. Troch. 



I. pi. 41 (Oct. 1852) ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 287 ; Reinh. Vidensk. 



Medd. Nat. For. Ejob. 1870, p. 101 ; Elliot, Syn. Troch. p. 20. 

 Eremita rufigaster, davidiauus, et pygmaeus, Reich. Aiifz. d. Col, 



p. 14. 

 Pygmornis rufigaster et davidianus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 250. 

 Phaethornis rufigaster, Burm. Syst. TJeh. ii. p. 326. 

 Pygmornis rufiventris, Cah. ^' Heitie, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7. 

 Pygmornis pygmteus, Cah. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 0; Sedv. ^• 



Elliot, Ibis] 1873, p. 273 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, p. 388 ; Elliot, Ibis, 



1877, p. 141 ; Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 027 ; Muls. Hist. Nat. 



Ois.-Mouches, i. p. 105, iv. p. 144 ; id. Aim. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii. 



p. 201 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 431. 

 Pygornis davidianus, Muls. 8f Verr. Class. Troch. p. 19. 

 Pbaetoruis davidianus, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 27. 



Closely allied to P. episcopus, but with wider rufous tips to the 

 rectrices, the subtcrminal portion being more dingy. 



P. episcopxis seems to be barely distinct from P. pygmeeus, thouo-h 

 the points of difference given above are fairly trustworthy. 



Hah. Cayenne, the Lower Amazons Valley, Eastern and Central 

 Brazil, Bolivia. 



a-c. Ad. sk. (Cayenne make.) Gould & Sclater CoUs, 



d. cj ad.sk. Vm's., Oct. {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



