260 Descriptions of Seven New Sjyeoies of Humming-Birds. 



plumage, with the peculiar well defined markings on the throat 

 and breast, as given in Mr. Gould's figures of that 6pecies. 



Phaethornis atrimentalis. 



The Black-chinned Hermit. 



Crown and hind neck dull bronzy brown ; back and wing- 

 coverts rather bright dark green ; upper tail-coverts green, edged 

 with deep bright rufous ; tail dull bronzy green, shading into 

 brownish green towards the end, the two central feathers pro- 

 ject a little beyond the others, where they are buffy white, 

 lighter at the tips ; the two next feathers on each side narrow- 

 ly edged near the end with pale buff, and tipped with white, 

 the two outer darker in color, with margins and tips of pale 

 buff ; wings dull purple ; ear-coverts black, bordered above 

 and below with a line of pale rufous ; chin and upper part of 

 the throat black ; lower part of the neck and upper part of the 

 breast dull greyish rufous ; abdomen and sides bright rufous ; 

 under tail-coverts pale rufous ; upper mandible and apical half 

 of the lower deep black, basal half of the lower yellow ; iris 

 black ; feet whitish. 



Length 4 inches ; wing 1£ ; bill 1 ; tail 1^. 



Habitat. — Ecuador. 



Remarks. — Near P. longmareus, but smaller, and with the 

 upper plumage very different in color. 



Phaethornis nigricinctus. 



The Belted Hermit. 



Upper surface bright bronzy green, brownish on the head ; 

 upper tail-coverts bright ferruginous ; tail bronzed coppery 

 brown, the outer margins of the lateral feathers, and the extreme 

 tips of the central feathers, and of the two next pairs on each 



