BANG'S HERMIT 



3. Phoethornis guyi coruscus Bangs 

 Bang's Hermit 



Male. Length, 143 mm. (5. 60 in.); tail, 43 mm. 

 (1.70 in.). Plumage generally bright metallic 

 bluish green shading to greenish blue on rump 



FIG. 27. Phcethornis guyi coruscus 



and upper tail coverts, and passing to dull slate 

 on lower abdomen; a narrow tawny patch on 

 the middle of the throat; tail terminally black, 

 the narrow pointed tips of the middle pair of tail 

 feathers whitish. Bill black above, reddish below. 



Female. Length, 158 mm. (6.20 in.); tail, 68 

 mm. (2.70 in.). Similar to male above, but two 

 middle tail feathers longer and broader and with 

 more rounded tips ; a streak of tawny from above 

 eye over ear coverts and one from bill below 

 cheeks and ear coverts; remaining underparts 

 mouse gray excepting a narrow tawny patch on 

 throat and chest and a dusky streak each side of 

 throat. 



Bill very long and arched; tail graduated, the 

 middle pair of feathers much elongated. 

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