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Phaethornis longirostris Sauvin and Exttor, Ibis, 1873, 5, part (Choctim, Guate- 
mala; crit.)—Boucarp, Liste Ois. récol. Guat., 1878, 44.—Sanvin, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 273, 663, part (Chocttm, Guatemala; San Felipe, 
Brit. Honduras).—Satvin and Gobman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 
318, part (San Felipe, British Honduras; Yzab4l, Chocttim, and track to 
Petén, Guatemala). 
[Phaethornis] longirostris ScLateR and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 78, part. 
Phathornus longirostris Lantz, Trans. Kansas Ac. Sci. for 1896-97 (1899), 221 
(Cayo, British Honduras). 
Phoethornis longirostris longirostris OBERHOLSER, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 
no. 1258, Jan., 1902, 312, in text, 313, part. 
Phaethornis longirostris longirostris Banas, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxxix, July, 
1903, 144 (Céiba, n. Honduras). 
Phaethornis cephalus (not Trochilus cephalus Bourcier and Mulsant) Scrarpr and 
Sauvin, Ibis, 1859, 126 (Guatemala).—Sa.vin, Ibis, 1866, 204 (Guatemala). 
[Phaétornis] cephale Boucarn, Notes quelques Troch., 1873, 1, part (Coban, Guate- 
mala; habits). 
Phaéthornis cephalus Goutp, Mon. Troch., pt. xvi, 1858 (vol. i, 1861), pl. 19, part 
(Guatemala). 
Phaetornis cephalus Muusant and VERREAUX, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., i, livr. 1, 
1873, 64, part (Guatemala). 
PHETHORNIS LONGIROSTRIS CEPHALUS (Bourcier and Mulsant). 
NICARAGUAN HERMIT. 
Similar in coloration to P. 1. longirostris but coloration darker, the 
under parts usually distinctly, though faintly, barred with brownish 
gray. 
Adulé male—Length (skins), 127-165 (159); wing, 58-66.5 (61.9); 
tail, 61-75 (67); culmen, 36.5-44 (39.8).¢ 
Adult female-—Length (skins), 136-154 (147); wing, 57.5-62.5 
(60.2); tail, 63.5-70 (66.3); culmen, 37-41.5 (38.5).° 
Honduras (Santa Ana), Nicaragua (Rio San Juan; Chontales; 
Rio Escondido; San Emilis, Lake Nicaragua), Costa Rica (San 
José; Naranjo de Cartago; La Balsa; Palmar; Jiménez; El Hogar; 
Gu4piles; Rio Sicsola; Cudbre; La Vijagua; Tenério; Volcan de 
Miravalles; Boruca; Pozo del Pitél; Pozo Azdl de Pirris; Pozo del 
a Thirty specimens. > Eleven specimens. 
: ‘ i Cul- 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. cient 
MALES. 
Three adult males from southern Honduras (Santa Ana)...........---2--2----+- 64.6 68 42.9 
Two adult males from Nicaragua...........-.----2--2----2e eee eee eee eee eee 61.2 68 38.5 
Sixteen adult males from Costa Rica............2..-2--+-2-0 202 cece ee eee eee ees 61.9 67.2 38.5 
Nine adult males from Panamé...............---.---- 2-222 e eee eee eee e eee 61.6 66 38.9 
FEMALES. 
Ten adult females from Costa Rica...........--2-.--02.e eee eee eee eee eee eee 60.5 66.6 38.5 
One adult female from Panama. ............ 2-22 e eee eee eee cee ee cence 57.5 63. 5 37.5 
81255°—Bull. 5|0—11——21 
