384 Genera of Hiunming Birds. 



tip nearly twice the length ol the longest lateral. Feet small. 

 Sexes similar. 



Habitat. — Brasilia and Guiana. 



521. MiLORNiS SQUALIDUS, Temm., PI. Col., 1823. 120 fig. I, 

 Phaethornis leucophrys, Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. i., p. 104. 



Phaethornis brasiliensis, Gray, Gen. Birds, 1844-49, vol. ^-r 

 p. 104. 



Trochilus leucophrys, Licht., Nordm., Reis. Att., p. 2. 



Phaethornis intermedius, Gould, i\Ion. Troch., vol. i., p. 30, 



Ptyonornis intermedia, Reich., Aufz. der Col., p. 14. 



Middle-sized Hermit, Gould, Mon. Troch. vol. i., p. 30. 



Le Phaethornis sqiialide, Muls., Hist. Nat. Ois. Mou., 

 1873, t. i., p. 78. 



Le Milornis sqiialide. 



Habitat. — Brazil. 



Male. — Upperside bronze with the base of feathers brown, 

 slightly darker on head. Median rectrices shining bronze- 

 green passing into brownish-black close to the elongated tip, 

 which is white. Lateral and outermost ones bronze-green at 

 base, passing to brownish-black and tipped with buff. The 

 lateral rectrice next to the median has generally a white tip. 

 Underside dark grey-buff, darker on breast and flanks. 

 Throat striated with brownish-black. Line over and behind 

 the eye, and another under the ear-coverts buff. Auriculars 

 black. Wings purple. Maxilla black. Mandible flesh-colour 

 with black tip. 



Total length, 4^in. Wing, \\. Tail, 2\. Culmen, |. 



Female. — Like the male with the uppertail-coverts bronzy- 

 green, and broadly margined with rufous. Underside buff, 

 slightly lighter than in the male. 



This species was discovered in Brazil, by Natterer. 

 522. Milornis rupununii, Boucard. 



Phaethornis riipurumii, Boucard, H. Bird, vol. ii., p. i. 



Rupununf s Hermit. 



le Milornis de Rupunini, 



Habitat. — Rupunini River (British Guiana.) 



