Genera' of Hi())i mi iig Birds. 395 



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



Female. — Upperside like the male. Underside paler buff, 

 showing more the central line of throat. Lines behind and 

 under the eye pale buff. Ear-coverts brownish-black. Both 

 sexes have a white tuft on each side of anal region. 



This species was dedicated by Messrs. Lesson and Delattre, 

 to Pretre, the artist, who did all the plates, for the TrochiL- 

 IDAE, of Lesson. 



538. AnisOTERUS GARLEPPI, Boucard, Hum. Bird, vol. iii., 



P- 9- 

 Phaethornis garleppi, Boucard, Hum. Bird, vol. iii, p. g. 



Garlepp' s Hermit. 



r Her mite de Garlepp. 



Habitat. — Bolivia. 



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

 but is smaller. The colouration of the upperside is exactly 

 the same, excepting the uppertail-coyerts, which are shining 

 bronze-green margined with buff. The entire underside is 

 not so deep buff as yi. pretrii, the undertail-coverts are pale 

 bronze margined with white, the lateral rectrices are much 

 wider, shorter, and nearly rounded, but the same characters 

 of the genus exist in this species as in the preceding ones. 



Total length, sfin. Wing, 2|-. Tail, 2|. Culmen, i^. 



It was discovered in 1890, at Bueyes (Bolivia), by Mr. 

 Gustav Garle{)p. 



Type in Boucard's Museum. 



539. AniSOTERUS Augustii, Bourc, Ann, Sc. Phys., Lyon, 



1847, "^o^- '^-1 P- 623. 

 Phaethornis augusti. Bon, Consp. Gen. Av., vol. i., p, 68. 

 Salle's Hermit J Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 29. 



Le Phaethornis d' Aiiguste, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1873, t. i., p. 75. 



I' Hermite d' Auguste. 



Habitat: — Venezuela, Colombia and Guiana. 



Male. — Upperside grayish-bronze, brown on head. Upper- 

 tail-coverts shining green in the centre of the feathers and 

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