134 Mr. D. G. Elliot ow D'Orhic/ny's Specimens of 



mentioned by liim are not represented among his specimens 

 in tlie Museum ; and in certain instances, wliere lie has re- 

 ferred them to a well-determined species represented by 

 Lesson in one or other of his works on this family, I have 

 retained them under the modern name of such species ; but 

 in cases where the indications are either imperfect or do not 

 exist at all, it seems to me that it will be necessary to exclude 

 D^Orbigny's names from the nomenclature of the group, as, 

 access to his specimens failing, there remains no possible 

 way of ascertaining what were the species he intended to 

 describe. 



I desire to express my thanks to Prof. A. Milne-Edwards 

 and to Mons. E. Oustalet, Aide-Naturaliste, for the great 

 facilities afforded me in examining the specimens and records 

 relating to them in the Museum under their charge. 



The species, in the following remarks, are arranged in the 

 order in which they stand in the ' Synopsis Avium/ 



Patagona gigas. 



Trochilus gigas, Vieill. Gal. Ois. pi. 180. 



Ornismya gigantea, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 26, sp. 1. 



Hab. Cochabamba, La Paz, Chuquisaca, Valparaiso. 



Several specimens of this species brought by D^Orbigny. 



EUPETOMENA MACRURA. 



Trochilus macrourus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 487. 

 Ornismya macrourus, D^Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av, ii. p. 26, 

 sp. 2. 



Hab. Chiquitos, Moxos. 



No specimens of this bird in the Museum from D^Orbigny. 



COMETES SPARGANURUS. 



Trochilus sparganurus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. viii. p. 291, 



pi. 31. 



Ornismya chrysurus, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 26, 



sp. 3. 



Hab. Yungas. 

 Mounted specimens. 



