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elevation. The wings of these birds produce a resonant humming 

 sound; and I saw males opening and closing the long tail like a pair of 

 scissors. The male taken shows clearly the green color of the middle 

 rectrices that marks this race. 



KLAIS GUIMETI (Bourcier and Mulsant) 



Trochilus guimeti Bourcier and Mulsaxt, Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Agric. Ind., 

 Lyon, vol. 6, 1843, p. 38, pi. 2 (Caracas, Venezuela). 



The only one seen was a female shot as it poised before flowers on 

 the open roadside near Los Riitos at 2,600 feet elevation. 



No type locality is given in the original description, but Hellmayr 

 and Seilern ^^ indicate that the type comes from Caracas. 



Family TROGONIDAE 



TROGONURUS COLLARIS COI.LARIS (Vieillot) 



Trogon collaris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 8, 1817, p. 320 (Cayenne). 



In the early morning of November 9 at Rancho Grande I heard 

 a curious mewing call that drew mj'- attention to the steadily jerking 

 tail of a bird concealed in heavy brush. After the shot it was a dis- 

 tinct surprise to have my peon bring me a male of this trogon. The 

 bird was in the rain forest at 3,300 feet elevation. 



PHAROMACHRUS FULGIDUS FULGIDUS (Gould) 



Trogon fulgidus Gould, A monograph of the Trogonidae, 1838, pi. 24 and text 

 ("Guiana" — Venezuela) . 



At Rancho Grande I saw these resplendent birds at elevations 

 ranging from 2,800 to 3,300 feet on November 5 and 6 but did not 

 secure a specimen imtil November 9. On that day v/hile hunting 

 through a section of open forest at 4,500 feet I shot a beautiful male. 

 I was working slowly along a slope searching for tinamous, intent on 

 the ground in front of me, when suddenly my companion Zembrano 

 gave an exclamation that attracted my eye to one of these birds rest- 

 ing on an open branch where it was visible for a considerable distance. 

 Intent on other game we had approached wdtliin a hundred feet before 

 we saw it. It rested in the usual trogon position with the body against 

 the limb, tail straight down, and head drawn in. From time to time 

 it turned the head to look about, but otherwise was motionless. On 

 preparing it I found the skin noticeably tougher and the feathers more 

 firmlj'- attached than in the smaller trogon s. 



Comparison of this specimen with Gould's plate of Trogon fulgidus 

 leaves no question that this bird is the form of Venezuela, since the 

 details of the white on the outer tail feathers, the brief length of the 

 antrorse frontal feathers, and the extension of the longest upper tail 



" Arch. Naturg., vol. 78, 1912, p. 148. 



