xl INTRODUCTION. 



■ Trochilus malaris, " Licht." Nordm. Erm. Reis. Atl. p, 2, 15. 

 Phaethornis superciliosus, Swains. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 330 ; Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. ii. p. 150 ; 

 Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 104, Phatornis, sp. 1; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. tom. i. p. 67, Phaetornis, 

 sp. 1 ; Pelzeln, Sitz. Acad. Wien, 1856, p. 157, 1. 

 Habitat. Cayenne, the Guianas, and Northern Brazil ? 



It will be seen that the above Hst of synonyms differs from that given with my account of this species. I adopt 

 these synonyms on the authority of Dr. Cabanis, who considers that I am in error in applying the term superciliosus 

 to the bird I have figured under that name, and that it properly belongs to the one I have called Pretrei,—^n opinion 

 which is probably correct, as the German naturahsts are doubtless better acquainted with the type specimens of 

 continental writers than we can be : the synonyms of malaris and superciliosus are therefore given hi accordance 

 with the views of Dr. Cabanis. 



18. Phaethornis consobrina. 



Trochilus consobrinus, '^ Bourc." Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 17. 



Phcethornis Moorei, Lawr. in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. vi. p. 259. 



Habitat. New Granada, Ecuador, and the banks of the Napo. 



This is the bird so commonly sent from Bogota, and which so closely assimilates both to the P. malaris 

 (superciliosus of my work) and P. longirostris (cephalus). It ranges over the north-western parts of Venezuela 

 and New Granada. I have also a specimen from Archidona in Ecuador. A great number of specimens from all 

 these countries are now before me, and among them two named consobrinus by M. Bourcier himself, and one 

 from Mr. Lawrence of New York, labelled P. Moorei, proving that these two names have been applied to the 

 same bird. 



19. Phaethornis fratercula, Gould Vol. I. PI. 18. 



Habitat. Cayenne and the neighbouring countries. 



Every ornithologist who has paid attention to the Trochihdee must have seen a Humming-Bird from Cayenne 

 and the adjacent countries which is very similar to, but smaller than, the P. malaris (superciliosus of this mono- 

 graph) ; yet, strange to say, I find no description that will accord with it. I have therefore given it the above 

 specific appellation. It is possible that it may be the female of the P. malaris (superciliosus). 



20. Phaethornts longirostris Vol.1. PL 19. 



Phaethornis longirostris, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 9. 

 Habitat. Central America. 



21. Phaethornis SYRMATOPHORA, Gow/c?. . . . . . • • - • Vol. I. PL 20. 



Habitat. Ecuador. 



" Irides hazel; upper mandible black ; lower mandible red, tipped with black ; legs and feet dark flesh-colour. 

 Stomach contained yellow insects. All insects previously examined amongst the Humming-Birds have been black." 

 Fraser in Proc. of Zool. Sac. part xxvii. p. 145. 



22. Phaethornis Bolivtana, Gould. 



Habitat. Bolivia. 



Upper mandible black ; under mandible yellow, with a dark tip ; above and beneath the eye a stripe of buff ; 

 chin smoky brown; throat, chest, belly, and under tail-coverts dull reddish fawn-colour ; crown dark brown, each 

 feather faintly striated with buff; all the upper surface dull reddish fawn-colour, crescented with small marks of 

 brown ; base of the four outer tail-feathers on each side bronzy green, to which succeeds a bar of black, beyond 

 which the tip is reddish buff ; the two prolonged centre-feathers bronze at the base, then brownish black, and 

 white for the remainder of their length. 



Total length 5^ inches, bill 1^, wing 2j, tail 2i. 

 This bird is somewhat allied to P. syrmatophora ; but it is of much smaller size, and has the throat and chest 

 differently coloured, those parts being obscure smoky grey without the conspicuous streakings of buff; the whole 

 under-surface also, as well as the rump, is less richly coloured. 



