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base, passing to dark brown near the tip which is white. In 

 the outermost rectrices there is a subterminal black bar near 

 the tip. Chin white spotted with black, rest of underside 

 grayish-white tinged with very pale buff on sides of breast, 

 flanks and on the abdomen. Stripe over and behind the eye 

 buffy-white. Auriculars black. Wings purplish-brown. 

 Maxilla black. Mandible flesh colour with black tip. 



Total length, 5|in. Wing, 2|. Tail, 2^. Culmen, i^. 



In some of my specimens, the chin is of the same colour 

 as the rest of the underside, without any black spots. Perhaps 

 they are females ? 



518. Phaethornis hispidus, Gould, P.Z.S., 1846, p. 90. 



Trocliilus oseryi, Bourc. and Muls., Ann. Soc. Agri., Lyon, 

 1852, vol. iv., p. 139. 



Ptyonornis hispida, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, p. 14. 



Ametrornis oseryi, Reich., Aufz. der Colib., 1853, p. 14. 



Orthornis oseryi, Bon., Rev. and Mag. Zool., 1854, p. 249. 



Phaethornis villosus, Lawr., Ann. N.Y. Lye, Nat. Hist., 

 vol. vi., p. 259. 



Hairy Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 22. 

 D'Osery's Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 23. 

 le Phaethornis hispide, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 1873, 

 t. i., p. 71. 



Habitat. — Colombia to Bolivia. 



Male. — Upperside shining dark green. Uppertail-coverts 

 bronzy-green with a black or gray bar and margined with 

 white or pale rufous. Tail silvery green at base, passing to 

 bronzy-brown and tipped with white. Above and behind the 

 eye a line of white. Underside brownish-gray passing to white 

 on abdomen and flanks. In the centre of throat a white line 

 nearly reaching the abdomen. Undertail-coverts white with 

 the centre brownish-green. Wings purple-brown. Maxilla 

 black. Mandible flesh-colour with black tip. 



Total length, 5iin. Wing, 2f. Tail, 2\. Culmen, if. 



Female. — Coloured like the male but the underside paler 

 gray with a yellowish tinge on sides of neck and breast. 



I have one fine specimen from Peru, which has the upper- 

 parts bronzy-green, the bill more curved, smaller, and thinner 



