376 :Mr. C. W. Wyatt on the 



163. Phaethornis augusti. 



We shot a single specimen of this Humming-bird by the stream 

 at Ocaiia ; and the bird was seen by us on two other occasions 

 in the same place, hovering over some shrubs with small orange- 

 coloured blossoms. Altitude 3700 feet. The irides of all the 

 Trochilidse appear to be very dark brown, nearly black. 



137. Phaethornis longirostris. 



Inhabits the deepest recesses of the forest near Naranjo. Al- 

 titude 2500 feet. 



138. Lampornis mango. 



Common at Bucaramanga, in the neighbourhood of a little 

 stream just outside the town. 



139. Thalurania columbica. 



Obtained once at Herradura. Altitude 4000 feet. 



■ 140. Panoplites flavescens. 



Frequents oak-forests, at an altitude of 7000-8000 feet. Very 

 common where it occurs. We met with it at Portrerras, and 

 between Cachiri and Cocuta Suratii. 



141. Spathura underwoodi. 



We shot a specimen of this beautiful Humming-bird hovering 

 over the white waxy blossoms of a tree {Laplacea speciosa ?) at 

 Canuto, the only occasion on which we met with it. 



142. LeSBIA AMARYLLIS. 



This long-tailed species was not uncommon under the paramo, 

 on the Pamplona road, and in a little wood below Vetas. It is 

 a shy bird, and we had considerable difficulty in obtaining a 

 specimen of the male, the tail of which is twice the length of 

 that of the female. We mistook the two sexes, at the time, for 

 two distinct species. The male bird (we did not observe it of 

 the female) makes a peculiar fluttering noise with his wings as 

 he flies, resembling the flutter of a fan when it is opened and 

 shut quickly. Mr. Gould, in his work on the Trochilidae, 

 seems to ascribe this peculiarity to Lesbia gracilis only ; but 

 probably it is peculiar to the genus. Altitude about 9000 

 feet. 



