LESSER HAIRY HERMIT 



above the ear coverts by a buffy streak in con- 

 tinuation of the eye; throat dusky; chest bright 

 tawny chestnut; breast and abdomen buffy 

 grayish. 



Bill very long, stout and curved; mandibles 

 yellow with black tips; tail decidedly rounded, 

 the feathers pointed at the tips. 



Of medium size, chest conspicuously tawny 

 chestnut in both sexes in contrast to the dusky 

 throat; no brilliant plumage. "Nearly always to 

 be found in patches of wild plantain or wild 

 cane." (Carriker.) Jewel says, "A noisy species 

 found in the jungle." 



2. Glaucis hirsuta affinis (Lawrence) 

 Lesser Hairy Hermit 



Length, about no mm. (4.30 in.); tail, about 

 36 mm. (1.40 in.). 



Male. Above metallic bronzy green including 

 middle pair of tail feathers, remaining tail 

 feathers chestnut, with a broad band of black 

 terminally, all tipped with white; sides of head 

 dusky; sides of neck and sides of chest metallic 

 bronze green; whole under parts reddish tawny 

 brown, paler on throat and duller on abdomen. 



Female. Similar to male but under parts 

 entirely tawny cinnamon. 



Bill bright red, very long, much curved, fairly 

 stout and sharply pointed; tail rounded. 



"A bird of the thick jungle always well below 

 the top foliage." (Jewel.) 

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