10 The Humming Bird. 



including outermost ones, bronze-green for about half their 

 length, then black margined with white at tips. Lores and 

 ear-coverts black, with a pale buff stripe over and under. 

 Underside cinnamon, paler on throat and in the centre of the 

 abdomen. Vent white. Undertail coverts pale-buff. Wings 

 purplish-brown, Maxilla black, mandible flesh colour with 

 black tip. 



Total length, 5fin. Wing, 2|-. Tail, 2|. Culmen, i\. 



This new species, which is closely allied to P. pretrei, can 

 be easily distinguished from that species by its lateral and 

 outermost rectrices, which are broad and nearly rounded, 

 instead of narrow and pointed as in P. pretrei. The central 

 and the next one are also shorter ; the bill is also much 

 shorter. It forms the passage between P. pretrei and 

 gounellei. My typical specimen is an adult male, collected in 

 Bueyes (Bolivia), by the well-known collector, Mr. Gustav 

 Garlepp, in 1890, and I have much pleasure in dedicating it 

 to him. 



Hemistephania GINANENSIS, N.Sp. 



Male. — Forehead shining dark blue, nape dark reddish 

 bronze appearing almost black in certain lights. Upperside 

 dark bronze-green. Uppertail, coverts grayish-blue. Tail black 

 with bluish reflections. Throat, breast and flanks very dark 

 green-bronze. Abdomen and undertail coverts very dark 

 blue. Wings purplish, bill black. 



Total length, 4iin. Wing, 2\. Tail, \\. Culmen, \\. 



Female. Forehead shining green, head purplish-bronze. 

 Upperside golden-green passing to grayish-blue on uppertail 

 coverts. Tail bluish-black with grayish-white tips on lateral 

 and outermost rectrices. Chin rufous. Underside dark gray, 

 washed with golden-bronze. Undertail coverts bluish, mar- 

 gined with gray. Wings purplish. Bill black. 



Total length, 3fin. Wing, 2\. Tail, if. Culmen, \\. 



This new species is closely allied to H. johannœ, but 

 easily distinguishable by the colour of the throat, breast and 

 flanks of the male, which are dark green-bronze, instead of 

 bluish-black. This difference in coloration is greater still in 

 the female, the underside of which is dark gray, washed with 

 golden-bronze instead of the pale bluish-green of H. johannœ. 



My specimens were collected by the late Mr. Henry 

 Whitely in the mountains of Merime, and along Carimang 

 River (British Guiana). 



