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or eiffht notes identical in tone with those of Trogon 
meridionalis, but fewer in number and siven much more slowly 
and distinctly. Both proved to be males. I shot a third 
male later in the day in low woods near a creek. The first 
two were on a ridge. 
There were only three Hummers (Phaethornis guyi) 
singing in the place where we have seen them before, but 
a few hundred yards beyond in a precisely similar locality 
we found at least six or eight making a great racket. I 
shot two of them and found that both were males. One was 
yepping.the other smacking. 
A concert 
Half-a-mile further on we came to a piece of high 
of Hummers 
woods remarkably free from undergrowth but still with 
scattering young rosc|palms and shrubs of various kinds. 
In these on every side arose an incessant shrill chirping 
which we at first thought must come from a great number 
of Creepers (Coereba), excited about something, possibly 
a snake or Owl, But presently Mr. Chapman recollected 
similar experiences of last year and assured us that the 
birds were Hummers (Pygmornis longuemarsus) singing. We 
had to look long and closely before we could sight one of 
the tiny, brown creatures, although several were evidently 
within a few yards of us. They perched only a foot or 
two above the ground, sat rather erect, and jerked their 
tails precisely like Phaethornis. but we did not see them 
spread and erect the tail. There must have been more 
