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augusti the pair of tail feathers adjacent to the central ones are also 

 narrow and much elongated, extending for nearly half their length 

 beyond those on either side. In anthojMlus the tail, while much 

 graduated, has only the central pair narrowed and elongate, the fourth 

 (adjacent) pair being broad and extending little beyond the next pair 

 at the side. 



PHOETHORNIS ANTHOPHILUS ANTHOPHILUS (Bourcler) 



Trochilus anthophilus Bourcier, Rev. Zool., vol. 6, Mar. 1843, p. 71 (Upper 

 Magdalena Valley, Colombia). 



At Ocumare de la Costa October 27 I found a male of this species 

 flying quickly but rather heavily about branches in the scrub in search 

 for food. The white-tipped tail was prominent in life, while in the 

 hand I noticed particularly the very long neck. The sexual organs 

 were somewhat enlarged. I shot another in dense scrub near the Rio 

 Cumboto on October 31, and as the tip of the bill was broken I pre- 

 served it as a skeleton. 



AGYKTINA FIMBRIATA FIMBRIATA (Gmelin) 



7Voc/iz7us^w6ria/Ms Gmblin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 493 (Cayenne). 



A common, widely distributed species in lowland areas that was 

 taken at Ocumaro de la Costa on October 25, near Maracay on No- 

 vember 11, and near El Sombrero on November 14. They were found 

 about flowers or resting on shaded perches at moderate elevations in 

 the trees. The white abdomen was prominent in birds that I had in 

 the hand. These specimens appear very slightly darker gray on the 

 back than skins seen from British Guiana. 



SAUCEROTTIA TOBACI MONTICOLA Todd 



Saucerottia toboxi monticola Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, Aug. 8, 

 1913, p. 174 (Guarico, Estado Lara, Venezuela). 



This was the most common hummingbird in the vicinity of El 

 Sombrero, where I collected two males on November 16 and 17. 

 They were found about small trees and shrubs that were in flower and 

 in places congregated until they were actually abundant. On Novem- 

 ber 17 I saw one male in a typical display in which it swung in a 

 broad curve that started high up, descended to pass closely to a hum- 

 mer at rest on a twig, and then continued to rise again on the other 

 side. It moved in this arc several times, making a curious rattling 

 sound on the rise. Others were perching quietly in low branches of 

 thorn trees. In handling freshly killed birds the white feathers of 

 the tibiae are a striking mark. The two taken are darker, less bronzy 

 in color than a series of S. t. feliciae from La Guaira, and so agree 

 with Todd's description of monticola. 



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