Messrs. Salvin and Elliot on the Trochilidse. 271 



Phaethornis viridicaudata, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. i. pi. 33. 



Pygmornis aspasice, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 47. 



Hab. South Brazil. 



This species was first described by Bourcier, /. c, and the 

 male a year afterwards by Mr. Gould as Phaethornis obscura, 

 and the female in the same paper as P. viridicaudata. We 

 have seen specimens of the male of this species much darker, 

 and with the tail much more rounded than those figured in 

 Mr. Gould's plate as P. obscurus. 



Our specimens are as follows : — 



One, Brazil (Bourcier), one, Brazil (Gould), Mus. D. G. E.; 

 one, Brazil (Verreaux), Mus. S.-G. 



Pygmornis longuemareus. 



Trochilus longuemareus, Less. Trochil. p. 15, pi. ii. 



Phaethornis longuemareus, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. i. pi. 31. 



Pygmornis longuemareus, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 46. 



Hab. Guiana; Trinidad (Leotaud). 



We do not find any difficulty in the determination of this 

 species, its broad tail-feathers, with the median ones quite 

 acute, serving readily to distinguish it from its near allies 

 P. adolphi and P. griseigularis. 



It ranges generally over Guiana, and has also been pro- 

 cured in Trinidad by Leotaud ; while it is not at all impro- 

 bable that it may also inhabit Venezuela, although we have 

 no specimens from that country. 



Our specimens are as follows : — 



Five, Cayenne (Wliitely, Bourcier, Deyrolle), Mus. D. G. E. ; 

 one, Cayenne (Parzudaki), Mus. P. L. S. 



-^Pygmornis adolphi. 



Phaethornis adolphi, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. i. pi. 35. 



Pygmornis adolphi, Gould, Intr. Troch. p. 47. 



Hab. Mexico and Central America to Panama. 



Bourcier never seems to have described this species himself, 

 and though mentioned under his MS. name, it appears to have 

 been first published by Mr. Gould in his monograph. It is 

 extremely similar to P. griseigularis, the only tangible differ- 



