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darker on sides of the gular strike. Undertdil - coverts 

 whitish-gray. Maxilla black. Mandible coral colour, with 

 black tip. 



Total length, 6|in. Wing, 2\. Tail, 3. Culmen, i^. 



Female. — Coloured like the male, but paler. 



Types in Boucard's Museum. 



I have some specimens of this species from Trinidad^ 

 Demerara, Bartica Grove, Meriame Mountains, and Quoya, 

 collected by Mr. H. Whitely and others. 



By the colour of the underside, which approaches that of 

 P. syrmatopliorus, this species is easily recognisable. 



514. Phaethornis boliviana, Gould, Int. Troch., p. 42. 

 Bolivian Hermit. 



Le Phaethornis de la Bolivie. 



Habitat. — Bolivia. 



Male. — This species is closely allied to the preceding one 

 in the colouration of the upperside and underside ; but can 

 be easily distinguished by the following characters : — Median 

 rectrices bronzed at base, then brown with white tips. Lateral 

 and outermost rectrices bronze at base, then brownish-black, 

 margined and tipped with rufous. Undertail-coverts rufous. 



1 have only one specimen of this rare species. It was col- 

 lected, in Bolivia, by Buckley. 



515. Phaethornis syrmatophorus, Gould, Contr. Ornith.. 



1851, p. 139. 



Phaethornis columbianiis, Boucard, H. Bird, 1891, vol. i.^ 

 p. 17. 



Train-bearing Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 20. 



Le Phaethornis syrmatophore, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1873, t. i., p. 68. 



Habitat. — Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. 



Male. — Head brownish-black. Upperside shining golden- 

 green, edged with buff, especially on the rump. Uppertail-coverts 

 deep buff. Median rectrices greenish-bronze at base, passing 

 to brownish-black, with the elongated tips white. Gular stripe 

 white, margined with blackish-brown. Stripe over the eye,. 



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