136 Mr. D. G. Elliot on D'Orbigm/s S/jecimens of 



Eriocnemis glaucopoides. 



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

 sp. 7. 



Trochilus cVorbigmji, Bourc. & Muls. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. 

 Lyon, 1846, p. 320. 



Hab. Valle Grande, Bolivia. 



A single specimen from the above locality, belonging to 

 the genus Eriocnemis, is the type of Ornismya glaucopoides 

 of D'Orbigny. It was afterwards described by Bourcier and 

 Mulsant as Trochilus d'orbignyi {I.e.), and has been always 

 known to naturalists as Eriocnemis d'orbignyi. The name 

 given by MM. Bourcier and Mulsant will now have to 

 become a synonym of the one bestowed upon the species 

 by D'Orl)igny, which has priority of eight years ! It is a 

 very rare species, the type still remaining unique, no one 

 having met with the bird since it was first discovered. 



Chlorostilbon splendidus. 



Ornismya aureoventris, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 28, 

 sp. 8. 



Trochilus splendidus, \\q\\\. Nouv. Diet, Hist. Nat. tom. vii. 

 p. 361. 



Hab. Moxos, Cochabamba, Yungas, and Corrientes. 



A single skin of this species from Cochabamba^ numbered 

 297 ; two mounted specimens from Corrientes and Moxos 

 respectively ; and a third with only " Bolivia ? " given as the 

 habitat. 



ACESTRURA MULSANTI. 



Ornismya mulsanti, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, 

 1842, p. 344, t. XX. 



Ornismya cyanojjogon, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 28, 

 sp. 9 (nee Lesson). 



Hab. Yungas. 



A single mounted specimen in the Museum, brought by 

 D'Orbigny from Yungas, is that of an adult male A. mul- 

 santi. Four others in skin are those of females and vouns;. 



