PHAETHORNIS. 385 



EgQS. Tlndc^cribed from British Guiana. 



Range inBritlfli Guiana, ^lonnt Ruraiina [McConnell collection) ; 

 Quonoa, Mount; Roraima {Wldtel'i^. 



Kxtixdhnkal Range. Colombia. Venezuela. 

 Habits. Uurecorded in British Guiana. 



257. Pliaetliornis bourcieri. 



Bourcier's Hermit. 



Trocltilus houvcieri Less. Hist. Nat. Trochil. p. G2, pi. IS, 1S32 



(Brazil). 

 PhacfJiornis hourcieri Salvin, Ibis, 1S35, p. -ISl (Camacusa, Morurao 



Mts., Atapurau lliver, Itoraiuia) ; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xvi. 



p. 278, 1892 ; Braboui-ne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 108, no. 1027, 



1912. 



Adult male. Upper surface bronze-o-roen ; fiii^lit-quills uniform 

 brown ; outer tail-feathers brown tipjjed witli butf, the central 

 ])air bronze-fireen tipped with white ; under surface for the most 

 part butf, somewhat darker on the abdomen. 



Total length !124 mm,, culmen 32, wing 58, tail 59. 



The male described was collected by Mr. McCounell at Mount 

 Roraima in October 1898. 



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

 "Wing 51 mm. 



The description of the female is taken fiom an example in the 

 British Museum collected by "Whitely at the Moruine Mountains 

 on July litli, 1881 — Salvin-Godman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JVent. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Mount Roraima (^fcGonneU cnllec' 

 tion) ; Kamaknsa, Merumc Mountains, Kamarang River, ]\Iount 

 Roraima ( Whitchf). 



E.rtraliinital Range. Peru, Ecuador, North Brazil. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiaiui. 



258. Phaethornis rupurumii. 



Bouc.\Ri/s Hermit. 



I'/iiir/Iinni/x riipi(}'umii Boncard, Tlie Hmniiiini^ ]>iril, ii. ji. 1, .Tannarv 

 1S92 (liupunmii KivLT) ; Salviii. Cat. II. Urll. Mas. .\vi. j). 003, 



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