PANYPTILA. 377 



a spot ill front of each eve, a collar on the hind-neck, and a spot 

 on the ioAver flanks white. 



Total length 124: mm., cnhnen 6, Aving 115, tail 55, tarsus 7. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female, but rather larger. 

 Wing 125 mm. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the descriptions are taken from sjieeimens in the British Museum. 

 The female was collected bj Whitely at the Merume Mountains 

 on the 15th of June, 1881, and the male by J. Hauxwell at 

 Samiria, East Peru, on the 11th of November, 1881 — Salvin- 

 Godman collection. 



Breeding- season. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Nest. Cf. Beebe, infra. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Merume Mountains [Whitelij) \ 

 Morawhanna, Hoorie River (Beehe^. 



E.draUmital Range. Colombia, Brazil. 



Habits. We quote the following note from Mr. Beebe (Our 

 Search for a Wilderness, p. 143). — " A beautiful })endent nest of 

 the Feather-toed Swift composed entirely of feathery plumes. It 

 was a straight symmetrical column about three inches in diameter 

 and fourteen inches long, suspended from the palm thatch, not 



half a foot from a hanging, open-comb wasps' nest, This 



Swift was common on all the Guiana rivers, hawking with 

 Swallows over the water. Seen on the wing it appears glossy 

 black with a white throat and collar.^'' 



Suborder TROCIllLJ. 

 Family TROCHILID.E. 



The Humming-birds are peculiar by their small size, their very 

 blight metallic plumage, and the many varied forms of their 

 bills and tails. 



Their distribution is confined to the countries of North, 

 Central, and South America, the West India Islands and other 

 islands adjacent to the mainland. 



There are one hundred genera and al»out four hundred and 

 sixty sf)ecies in South America, twenty-six genera and thiity-nino 

 species being re[)rcscnted in Britisli Guiana. 



