520 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



230. Phaethorais longirostris longirostris (Lesson and Delattre). 



Ornismya longirostris Lesson & Delattre, Echo du Monde Savant, 1843, 1070. 



Phaethornis longirostris Gould, Intro. Troch., 42. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., 

 IX, 1868, 121 (Valsa [J. Carmiol], C. R. [Endres]). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 

 1878, 67 (Juan Vinas). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 121 

 (Jimenez). — Cherrie, Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 45 (Palmar, Boruca 

 and Buenos Aires de Terraba). — Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 

 272 (Costa Rica [Endres and Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, II, 1892, 318 (C. R.). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 442 (Miravalles). 

 — Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 20 (Guatemala to Colombia). — Bangs, Auk, 

 XXIV, 1907, 295 (El Pozo and Boruca [Underwood]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : La Lagunaria de Dota (Basulto), Pozo del Pital 



(Cherrie), Jimenez (Alfaro). 

 Bangs Collection : Bolson, Tenorio, La Vijagua and Pozo Azul de 



Pirris (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : La Florida. 

 Carnegie Museum : Guapiles (Carriker and Crawford) ; Pozo Azul 



de Pirris, El Hogar, Cuabre, Rio Sicsola, El Pozo de Terraba, 



(Carriker). Twenty skins. 



The most abundant lowland species of hummingbird in Costa Rica, 



inhabiting the forests of both the Caribbean and Pacific lowlands, more 



commonly on the eastern side and the southwestern Pacific, from 



Pozo Azul southwards. It is very fond of the flowers of the " Wild 



Plantain " and feeds on nothing else while they are in bloom. I have 



observed several nests of this species, ail constructed in precisely the 



same manner. The only one found with eggs was taken near Jimenez, 



May 9, 1905, in the heavy forest. The nest was made entirely of fine 



grayish-brown vegetable fibres, bound together with spider-webs, and 



lined with the same material, and fastened by means of spider-webs to 



the under side of the pointed tip of a small palm leaf, about two feet 



above the ground. The edges of the leaf were slightly drawn together, 



forming a semicircular cavity which almost entirely concealed the nest 



as the leaf drooped towards the ground. It contained two fresh eggs 



of the usual elliptical shape, pure white, and measuring : 14.5 x 9 and 



15.5 x 8.8 mm. 



231. Phaethornis adolphi Gould. 



Phaethornis adolphi Bourcier MS. Gould, Mon. Troch., I, pi. 35. — Law- 

 rence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 121 (Angostura [J. Carmiol], C. R. 

 [Endres]). — ■ Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 309 (Costa Rica). — 

 Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 121 (Costa Rica). — Hartert, 

 Tierr., 1900, 25 (Mexico to Panama^. — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 295 

 C Boruca [Underwood]). 



