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p. 38"; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 365 ^ Salv. Ibis, I860, pp. 195 ^ 260'; 1872, p. 319"; P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 152"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 291 "; ix. p. 121 "; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. X. p. 591 ". 

 Pygmornis adolphi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 7"; Salv. & Elliot, Ibis, 1873, p. 271'"; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 67'"; Salv. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 282". 



Supra cupreo-viridis, capite summo obscuriore, tectricibus supracaudalibus elongatis rafesoentibus, stria post- 

 oeulari eervina, tectricibus auricularibus nigricantibus : subtus rufescens, gutture obscuriore ; oauda aeneo- 

 viridi, rectricibus omnibus rufo terminatis duabus mediis ad apicem pallidioribus : rostro nigro, mandibula 

 flava apice nigra, pedibus flavis. Long, tota 3-8, alae 1-5, caudae rectr. med. 1-35, reetr. lat. 0-7, rostri a 

 rictu I'O. 



5 mari similis, sed gutture pallidiore, cauda longiore rectricibus duabus mediis magis productis (long. 1-45) 

 distinguenda. (Descr. maris et femin» ex Cordova, Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 



Eab. Mexico, Cordova {SalU ^ % Jalapa (de Oca 3),Playa Vicente (Boucard^, M.Tmjillo), 

 Teotalcingo [Boucard % Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala [Skinner), forests 

 of Northern Vera Paz, Kamkal near Coban, Coban ^ 9, Lanquin, Yzabal ^ ^ [0. S. & 

 F. B. G.); Honduras, Segovia Eiver [Townsend^^); Nicaragua, Chontales 

 [Belt^^); Costa Rica [Endres'^^, Angostura [Carmiol^^, Zeledoii), Talamanca 

 [Zeledon), San Carlos [Boucard i'^) ; Panama, Santiago de Veraguas [Arce ^^), Lion 

 Hill [M^Leannan'^ '^^), Paraiso [Hughes''-^), Obispo [Salvin). 



This species of Pygmornis was discovered by M. Salle during his residence at 

 Cordova in Mexico, the first description of it being published with a figure by Gould 

 in his 'Monograph of the Trochilidse.' It is not a common bird by any means in 

 Mexico, though specimens have been obtained in several places in the States of Vera 

 Cruz and Tabasco. In the dense forests of Eastern Guatemala, P. adolphi is usually 

 to be seen up to an elevation of over 4000 feet above sea-level. At Coban we found 

 it in the month of November, feeding from the blossoms of the numerous Salvias 

 which abound there. Though not common its presence could readily be detected by 

 the peculiar sound produced by the wings. At Yzabal it was more numerous in the 

 forest bordering the town, but always in the dense undergrowth beneath the forest 

 trees. It was by no means shy, taking little notice of an observer, and searching the 

 flowers within a few feet of him. Like most Humming-Birds it rests frequently, 

 selecting a small dead twig for its perch, where it trims its feathers with its long bill, 

 which it cleans by rubbing on the perch on which it stands. 



Keeping to the eastern side of the main mountain-chain of Central America, 

 B. adolphi is found in the Province of Chontales in Nicaragua and in Eastern Costa 

 Eica. In the State of Panama it occurs on both sides of the mountains, the southern 

 limit of its range terminating near the line of the Panama Eailway, for in Darien the 

 allied P. striigularis takes its place. 



