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parts grown bird from Sierra de Victoria was shot by Mr. Richardson in April, so that 

 the nesting-time in that district would commence in March or the end of February. 



But the nesting-season probably extends over a considerable period, for de Oca says 

 he once found a nest in December, though the usual nesting-time in the valley of 

 Mexico, where the bird is more common than at Jalapa, is in July and August. 

 According to Villada it feeds from the flowers of Cacti and Agave, and also from those 

 of Bouvardia and Salvia ^^. 



Mr. Richardson's specimens were all shot at Matagalpa between June and October. 



In Lower California an allied species occurs in B. wantusi, distinguished by its 

 cinnamon abdomen and chestnut tail. This bird has not yet been detected on the 

 eastern side of the Gulf of California. 



Sect. C. TROCHILI L^VIROSTRES. 

 Tomia (et maxillce et mandibulce) usque ad apicem Imvia, liaud serrata. 

 a. Plerumque majores : cauda plerumque normalis, furcata, rotundata aut cuneata, 

 rectricibus plerumque latis ; quia vix unquam micantirruira ; caput vix unquam. 

 cristatum, plumoe cervicales laterales elongatce nullae neque flumm superciliares 

 elongatce; dorsum fere uniforme, fascia transversa conspicua nulla. 



a'. Plerumque majores: cauda variabilis, cuneata, rotundata aut furcata {interdum 

 profunde). 



a". Rostrum valde curvatum {usque ad circuli trientem); cauda rectricum apicibus 

 acutis; tegulfB nasales nudce, ptilosis simplex haud coloribus micantibus ornata; 

 remigum externorum rhachides normales. 



EUTOXERES. 



Eutoxeres, Reichenbach, Syst. Av. t. xl. ; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 261. 



Of this genus, remarkable for the very singular shape of the bill, only one species 

 occurs within our limits, ranging from the western part of the State of Panama to Costa 

 Eica. This bird has two close allies — one in Colombia and the other in Western 

 Ecuador. Another species {E. condaminii) is very distinct, and is only found on the 

 eastern slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Eutoxeres is closely allied to 

 Fhaethornis, but may at once be distinguished by the bill, which is abruptly curved to 

 a third of a circle. 



1. Eutoxeres salvini. 



Eutoxeres aquila, Gould, Men. Troch. i. t. 3 (Nov. 1851) (nee Bourc.) ' ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 152' • 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 120'. 

 Tfochilus aquila, Lawr. Ann, Lye. N. Y. vi. p. 139*. 

 Eutoxeres salvini, Gould, Ann. &Mag. N. H. 1868, i. p. 456''; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 204"; Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 262 '. 



