i6o Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. XIII. 



Phaethomis subochraceous* Todd. Bolivian Hermit. 



Phaeihornis subochraceous Todd, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXVIII, 1915, p. 170, 

 (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia). 



Range : Bolivia. 



Phaethomis gounellei'' Boucard. Gounell's Hermit. 



Phaethomis gounellei Boucard, The Humming Bird, I, 1891, p. 17 ("Brazilia"). 

 P[haethornis] gounellei Hartert, Ibis, 1897, p. 427, in text. 



Range: Eastern Brazil. 



*Phaethomis augusti (Bourc). Salle's Hermit. 



Trochilus augusti Bourcier, Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat .Lyon, X, 1847, p. 623 



(Caracas, Venezuela). 

 Phaethomis augusti Gould, Mon. Trochil., I, 1854, pi. 29; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 



1879, p. 14; Sal YIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 277; Hellmayr and 



Seilern, Arch, fur Naturg., 1912, p. 138, in text; Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, 



I, 1916, p. 384. 



Range: Colombia, Venezuela and British Guiana. 

 7: Venezuela 5; British Guiana 2. 



♦Phaethomis pretrii (Less, and Delatt). Pretre's Hermit. 



Trochilus pretrii Lesson and Delattre, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 20 (Minas Geraes, 



Brazil). 

 Trochilus superciliosus (not of Linnaeus) Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., 4, 1, 1832, 



p. 116 (Bahia). 

 Phaethomis affinis Pelzeln, Sitzungsher. Acad. Wien., XX, 1856, p. 157 (new 



name for T. superciliosus Wied) . 

 Phaethomis pretrii Gould, Mon. Trochil., I, 1854, pi. 28; Salvin, Cat. Bds. 



Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 277. 

 Phaethomis superciliosus Burm., Syst. Ueb., II, p. 323. 



Range: Central and eastern Brazil. 



2: Brazil (Rio Preto, Bahia i, "Brazil" i). 



Phaethomis bourcieri {Lesson). Bourcier's Hermit. 



Trochilus bourcieri Lesson, Hist. Nat. Trochil., 1832, p. 62, pi. 18 ("Bresil"). 

 Phaethomis bourcieri Gould, Mon. Trochil., I, 1853, pi. 25; Salvin, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 278; Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 385. 



Range: Northern Brazil, Guiana, Ecuador and Peru. 

 I : British Gtiiana (Merume Mts.). 



» Phaethomis subochraceous Todd: "Somewhat resembling Phaethomis squalidus 

 (Temm.), but more cinnamomeus below and rectrices with white tips." (Todd, I.e.). 



^Phaethomis gounelli Boucard: "Head dark brown; back, bronze green; 

 central rectrices, rather long, bronze green tipped with white; under surface, throat 

 and breast, pale buff with black line in the middle of the chin; abdomen gray; 

 flanks, rufous; all the feathers of the tail, bronze green, black and white in about the 

 same proportions; wings, purple brown; bill, black, curved. Wing, 2 inches; bill, 

 I inch, tail, 2 inches." (Boucard, I.e.). 



