

GRYPIN.E. 



1. P. superciliosus (Linn.) PI. enl. 600. f. 3., Ois. dor. t. (17.) 

 18, 19., Less. Col. t. 6, ?., Nat. Libr. xv. pi. 26, 27. 



2. P. malaris (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. &c. 

 p. 2., Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 1 7- 



3. P. melanotis (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. 

 &c. p. 2. 



4. P. leucophrys (Licht.) Erman, Verz. von Thier. und Pflanz. 

 &c. p. 2. 



5. P. eurynomus (Less.) Troch. t. 31., Nat. Libr. xv. pi. 28. 



6. P. Guy (Less.) Troch. t. 44. 



7. P. Emilia (Bourc. & Muls.) Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. Lyon, 1846. 

 p. 317. 



8. P. intermedins (Less.) Troch. t. 19. 



9. P. Bourcieri (Less.) Troch. t. 1 8. 



10. P. brasiliensis (Briss.) — Trochilus squalidus Natt. PI. col. 

 120. f. 1., Less. Col. t. 8. 



11. P. Longuemareus (Less.) Troch. t. 2. 62. 



12. P. rufigaster (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vii. p. 357-, Less. 

 Col. t. 9-, Nat. Libr. xiv. pi. 4. — Trochilus pygmseus Spix, Av. 

 Bras. t. 80. f. 1. 



13. P. Davidianus (Less.) Troch. t. 13. 



14. P. hispidus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1846. p. 90. 



15. P. anthophilus (Bourc.) Rev. Zool. 1843. p. 71. 



16. P. Pretrei De Lattr. et Less. Rev. Zool. 1839. P- 20. 

 17- P- apicalis (Licht.) Tschudi, Fauna Peru. p. 243. 



18. P. Philippii (Bourc.) Ann. Sci. Phys. &c. de Lyon, 1847- 



Sci. Phys. &c. de Lyon, 1847. 



19- P- Augusta (Bourc.) A 

 p. 623. 



20. ? P. conurus (Steph.) Gen. Z< 

 tailed Humming-bird Lath. Hist, of B. 

 ninus Lath. MS. 



21. P. ciliatus (Lath. iMS.) — BufF-striped Humming-bird Lath 

 Hist. ix. p. 294. 



. xiv. p. 240. — Wedge- 

 . p. 305. ; Trochilus pavo- 



Oreotrochilus Gould.* 



Bill rather longer than the head, slender, and slightly curved ; with the culmen keeled above the 

 nostrils, and then rounded to the tip, which is rather acute ; the lateral margins dilated ; the nostrils 

 basal, placed in a groove, which reaches two thirds the length of the bill, with the opening concealed 

 by the projecting plumes. Wings long and pointed, with the first quill the longest. Tail long, 

 rounded at the end, and composed of rather narrow feathers. Tarsi short, slender, and partly clothed 

 with plumes. Toes long, slender, and free at their base ; the lateral ones nearly equal ; the hind toe long, 

 slender, and armed with a long, strong, and slightly curved claw ; the anterior claws moderately long, 

 much curved, and acute. 



The species are found on the mountains of the western side of South America, immediately, says Mr. Gould, beneath 

 the line of perpetual congelation, where they feed upon the small hemipterous insects which resort to the newly expanded 

 flowers. 



1. O. Estella (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Gould, Voy. dans l'Ame'r. Mer. 

 Ois. t. 61. f. 1. — Ornismya Cecilia Less. 



2. O. leucopleurus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 10. 



3. O. chimborazo (Bourc.) Gould, Rev. Zool. 1846. p. 305. 



4. O. adela (D'Orb. & Lafr.) Gould, Voy. dans l'Amer. Me'r. 

 Ois. t. 61. f. 2. 



5. O. melanogaster Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 10. 



Grypus Spix. 



Bill much longer than the head, straight, and strong ; with the culmen keeled for more than half its 

 length, and then rounded to the tip, which is acute ; the lateral margins dilated and serrated ; the nostrils 

 basal and oblique, with the opening covered by a partly plumose scale. Wings long and pointed, with 



* Mr. Gould established this genus in 1847- (Proc. Zool. Soc 1847, p. 9) 



\ Established by Spix in 1824. liamphodon of M. Lesson (1829) is synonymous. 



