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omnibus, extimis exceptis, in pogonio interno cinnamomeo margiaatis : rostro nigro. Long, tota circa 3*9, 

 alse 1'45, caudae rectr. med. 0-4, rectr. lat. 1-5, rostri a riotu 0-9. 

 $ snpra mari similis, sed dilutior : subtus alba cervina vix tincta, hypochondriis leviter viridi lavatis ; caudse 

 rectricibus utrinque tribns ad basin cervinis albo terminatis et fascia lata subterminali nigra notatis. 

 (Descr. maris et feminae ex Jalapa, Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 



Eal. Mexico, Jalapa {Lelattre i, de Oca, Ferrari-Perez % Barranca de Jico near Jalapa 

 {de Oca ^ % Mirador (Sartorius, in U. S. Nat. Mus.), Cordova, Llano de Camerones 

 near Vera Cruz (Salle), Progreso {Gaumer'^), Sisal {SchoU^% Merida in Yucatan 

 [SchoU, in U. S. Nat. Mus.), Northern Yucatan, Holbox Island (G. F. Gaumer ^ ^% 



This species was discovered by Delattre between Vera Cruz and Jalapa, where he 

 says it is very rare, living in societies, flying early and resting during the day from 

 9 o'clock in the morning to 4 o'clock in the afternoon ^. 



Delattre obtained specimens of both sexes, as well as young birds and the nest and 

 eggs. 



De Oca gives a similar account of its habits ^ *. He says that it is one of the rarest of 

 Mexican Humming-Birds. It is very shy, flying very early in the morning and never seen 

 between 8 o'clock in the morning and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when it flies again till 

 dusk, frequenting the same flowers day after day, those of the tobacco being favourites. 

 De Oca also found it at the Barranca de Jico, about thirty miles from Jalapa, and here 

 he discovered its nest, which he describes as very small, round, and flat at the bottom, 

 being neither so deep nor so thick on the lower part as in those of the generality of 

 Humming-Birds. The nest is covered on the outside with moss and lined on the inside 

 with Tule, or cotton from the seeds of Oyperus. 



Other collectors have met with this species in this part of the State of Vera Cruz, 

 but always in sparing numbers. On the north coast of Yucatan and on some of the 

 adjoining islands B. elizoB appears to be more common, and we have seen specimens 

 from there from several collectors. 



The female is very like that sex of B. enicura, but is much whiter on the under 

 surface. 



3. Doricha bryantae. 



Doricha bry antes, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 483'; ix. p. 123"; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, 

 p. 316 " ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 209 * ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 384 '; Boucard, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 70 " ; Gould, Men. Troch. Suppl. t. 33 (Jan. 1881) '; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa 

 Rica, 1887, p. 122'. 



Supra saturate nitenti-aureo-viridis : subtus gula micanti-rubra, pectore albicante, abdomine medio albido, 

 bypochondriis antice viridi lavatis, postiee cinnamomeis ; tectricibus subcaudalibus rufescentibus viridi 

 lavatis ; caudse rectricibus mediis olivescenti-nigricantibus, proximis esteme ejusdem coloris iuteme pur- 

 pureo-nigris, reliquis purpureo-nigris, omnibus pogonio interno cinnamomeo limbatis : rostro nigro. Long, 

 tota circa 3-7, alae 1-6, caudae rectr. med. 0-45, rectr. lat. 1-4, rostri a rictu 0-7. 



§ supra mari similis, subtus paJlide rufescens ; gula, bypocbondriis, et tectricibus subcaudalibus saturatioribus, 

 pectore et abdomine medio pallidioribus ; rectricibus lateralibus ad basin et apidbus rufescentibus, fascia 

 subterminali lata nigra notatis. (Descr. maris et feminae ex CastiUo, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



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