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COMETES PHAON. 



Cometes phaon, Grould^ P. Z.S. 1847, p. 31. 



Ornismya chrysurus, var., D^Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27, 

 sp. 4. 



Hab. La Paz, Sicasica. 



Mounted specimens, male and female. This is undoubt- 

 edly tlie bird described aferwards by Gould as C. j•J/^ao/^, but 

 which D^Orbigny regarded as only a variety of C. spar- 

 ganurus. 



Lesbia nuna. 



Lesbia nuna, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 169, pi. 35. 



Ornismya gouldii, D'Orb, &Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27, sp. 5. 



Hab. Enquisivi and Sicasica. 



I place O. gouldi, D'Orbigny, as Lesbia nuna, Less., 

 from the fact that I was unable to find any specimen of L. 

 gouldi brought by D'Orbigny in the Museum; but there 

 are three of L. nuna, a male and two females, mounted in 

 the gallery. The measurement given of the lateral rec- 

 trices of 5^ ! I do not understand. If centimetres are in- 

 tended it is too short even for the tail of a female of L. gouldi. 

 If 15^ is intended, it would be about the right length for 

 L. nuna, but too long for L. gouldi. I am under the im- 

 pression that as 20^ centim. is given as the total length, 

 15^ centim. was meant for that of the tail, which is the mea- 

 surement of the tail of L. nuna. The male specimen has no 

 locality given on the ticket beyond ' Amerique meridionale ; ' 

 but the two females are marked as from Sicasica, Bolivia. 



Thalurania nigrofasciata. 



Trochilus nigrofasciata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 89. 



Ornismya furcata, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27, 

 sp. 6. 



Hab. Chiquitos, Santa Cruz, Moxos. 



Three skins, two males and one female, brought by D'Or- 

 bigny from Yungas, Santa Cruz, and Moxos respectively, 

 numbered on their tickets 324, are in the collection. I could 

 not find any example from Chiquitos. They all belong to T, 

 nigrofasciata, Gould. 



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