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507. TOXATEUCHES GUYI, Less., Hist. Troch., 1831, t. xliv., 



p. 119. 



Guyornis typus, Bon., Rev. and Mag., Zool., 1854, p. 249. 



Guy's Herynit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 26. 



Le Pliaethornis de Guy, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1873, 

 t. i., p. 58. 



Habitat. — Trinidad. 



Male and Female. — Exactly the same as the preceding 

 species, from which it differs only by the green of the upper- 

 tail-coverts, and base of rectrices. 



Genus CLII. Phaethornis, Swainson, Zool., Journ., 1827, 



P- 357- 

 Phrethornis, Boi6, Isis, 1831, p. 548. 

 Phaethornis, Less., Ind. Gen. and Syn., 1832, p. 14. 

 Ptyonornis, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, P- i4- 

 Type : T. superciliosus, Linne. 



Bill curved, much longer than the head, slender and ter- 

 minating with a sharp point. Wings long and pointed. Tail 

 cuneate or rounded. Median pair of rectrices twice longer 

 than the longest lateral, and always tipped with white in both 

 sexes. Nostrils exposed. Feet small. Tarsi bare. Sexes 

 similar. 



Habitat. — Mexico to Bolivia on the Pacific, and to South 

 Brazil on the Atlantic. 



508. Phaethornis superciliosus, Linne, Syst. Nat., 1766, 



t. 1., p. 189. 



Brin blanc, Vieill., Ois. Dor., 1802, t. i., p. 37. 

 Trochiliis malaris, Norden., Erm. Reise. Alt., 1835, pi. 2. 

 Cayenne Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 17. 



Le Phaethornis a bande sourcillere, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 Mou., 1873, t. i., p. 62. 



Habitat. — Guiana. 



Male. — Upperside dark shining greenish bronze, all the 

 feathers of the rump and uppertail-coverts bronze, then black 

 edged with rufous, the base of feathers pale gray. Tail 



