390 Genera of Humfning Bij'ds. 



529. Eremita NIGROCINCTA Lawr., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., 



N.Y., 1858, vol. vi., p. 260. 



Pygmornis nigrocincta, Cab. and Hein., Mus., Hein., i860, 

 t. iii., p. 7. 



Belted Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 39. 



r Her mite a ceinture noire. 



Habitat. — Pebas, Upper Amazons. 



Probably the same as Eremita pygmaea. According to 

 modern authors, Elliot, Salvin, Mulsant and others, the only 

 difference is in the colour of the mandible which is flesh 

 colour for nearly all its length with the tip black. 



530. Eremita episcopus, Gould, P.Z.S., 1857, p. 14. 

 Pygmornis episcopus, Gould, Int. Troch., p. 48. 

 Bishop's Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch., vol. i., p. 40. 

 r Hermite eveque. 



Habitat. — Guiana. 



Precisely like E. pygmaea, but the bill is slightly longer, and 

 the tail feathers are reddish-bronze with brown edges and tips. 



531. Eremita whitelyi, n. sp. 

 Whitely's Hermit. 



r Hermite de Whitely. 



Habitat. — British Guiana. 



Female. — Head brownish-black, margined with rufous. 

 Upperside bronzy-green. Lower part of rump and uppertail- 

 coverts deep buff. Median rectrices shining reddish-bronze 

 at base, passing to purplish-black, then bufT with pale yellowish 

 white tips. Lateral and outermost ones reddish-bronze at 

 base, passing to reddish-purple with broad buff tips. Line in 

 the centre of chin and ear-coverts black. Spot over and 

 behind the eye pale buff. Throat pale buff. Rest of under- 

 side buff, deeper on breast. Wings purple. Maxilla and 

 apical half of mandible black, the rest flesh colour. 



Total length, 3|in. Wing, i^. Tail, if. Culmen, i|-. 



Type in my collection. 



This new species was discovered by the late Mr. H. Whitely 



