Messrs. Salvin and Elliot on the Trochilidse. 273 



P. aspasice, two, New Granada (Whitely), one, New Granada 

 (Boucard), one, Bogota (Gould), Mus. D. G.E.; one, Peru 

 (Cook), Mus. D. G. E. ; one, Peru (Gould), type of P. zonura, 

 one, Bogota (Triibner), Mus. P. L. S. 



Pygmornis striigularis. 



Phaethornis striigularis, Gould, Mon. Troeh. vol. i. pi. 37. 



Pygmornis striigularis, Gould, Intr. Troeh. p. 48. 



Pygmornis amaura, Bourc. Rev. Zool. 1856, p. 522. 



Phaethornis atrimentalis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 

 p. 260, vol. vi. (1858) ? 



Phaethornis amaura, Gould, Mon. Troeh. vol. i. pi. 32. 



Pygmornis amaura, Gould, Intr. Trocli. p. 46. 



Hab. New Granada and Ecuador. 



This species was first described by Mr. Gould in Part iii. 

 of his monograph, and afterwards by Bourcier in 1855, as 

 Phaethornis amaura. In 1858 Mr. Lawrence described his 

 P. atrimentalis, which Mr. Gould refers to the P. amaura of 

 Bourcier. In Elliot's collection is the type of P. amaura, 

 Bourcier, which proves to be the same as P. striigularis ; and 

 the specimen called P. amaura by Mr. Gould is only an adult 

 male of the same species. 



We have examined the following specimens : — 



One, Bogota (Triibner), Mus. P. L. S. ; oue, Ecuador 

 (Buckley), Mus. P. L. S. ; one, Napo (Bourcier), type of 

 P. amaura, one, Bogota (Gould), one, Napo (Bourcier), Mus. 

 D.G. E; one, Napo (Gould), one, Ecuador (Bourcier), Mus. 

 J. Gould. 



Pygmornis pygm^us. 



Trochilus pygmceus, Spix, Av. Bras. 1824, p. 78, pi. 80. fig. 1. 



Phaethornis pygmceus, Gould, Mon. Troeh. vol. i. pi. 41. 



Pygmornis pygmcea, Gould, Intr. Troeh. p. 49. 



Phaethornis eremita, Gould, Mon. Troeh. vol. i. pi. 40. 



Pygmornis eremita, Gould, Intr. Trocli. p. 49. 



Phaethornis rufigaster, Less. Hist. Col. t. 9. 



Pygmornis rufiventris, Gould, Intr. Troeh. p. 48. 



Hab. Brazil and Cayenne. 



Spix described this species in 1821, from a specimen pro- 



