294 ItRdOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Phoethornis hispidus (Gould). 
Trochihis liispiciiis (_^,ould, p. Z. S. 1846. p. 90. 
Pliactlioriiis hispidus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 8i. 
Common in the same general region as P. afiiiiis alfinis. 
Phoethornis augusti (Bourcier). 
Trochihis aii^/iisti Bourc, Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon. X. 1847. p. 623. 
Pha'cthornis augusti Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 81. 
Seen only at Caicara where two specimens were taken. 
Phoethornis rupurumii rupurumii Boucard. 
Phaetornis Rupurumii Boucard, The Humming Bird, H. 1892. p. i. 
Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 81. 
Colors of fresh birds are : eye seal brown ; maxilla black, mandible 
lemon yellow, black at tip; feet dusky. 
This species is found all along the middle and upper (Jrinoco and 
is not uncommon in the low, often almost impenetrable, thickets near 
the borders of deep forest areas. They keep close to the groundy and 
their color harmonizes .'^o closely with stems of the vines and the 
branches of the undergrowth about them that they are rarely seen. 
I have sat for a half hour at a time hearing their oft-repeated squeaky 
hissing notes all about me, frequently within a very few feet of me. 
and have failed to see one of the performers. 
Phoethornis kuiskr episcopus Gould'. 
Phacthoniis episcopus Gould. P. Z. S. 1857. p. 14. 
Pliactlioriiis ruber Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 82. 
Phacthoniis caurcnsis Simon el I^elmas, Oniis, XI. 1901. p. 208 { Caura 
River, Venez.). 
Common at Munduapo and at Nericagua. 
Campvloptkrus largipennis (Boddaertj. 
Trochihis largipennis Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. 41. 
Campyloptcrus largipennis Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 82. 
Abundant at Nericagua. Not seen elsewhere. 
■See Hellmayr's notes on the races of P. ruber: Novit Zool. .XIV. igo?. P- 375. 
