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COMETES PHAON. 
Cometes phaon, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 31. 
Ornismya chrysurus , var., D^Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Ay. ii. p. 27, 
sp. 4. 
Hab. La Paz, Sicasica. 
Mounted specimens, male and female. This is undoubt¬ 
edly the bird described aferwards by Gould as C. phaon, but 
which D'Orbigny regarded as only a variety of C. spar- 
ganurus . 
Lesbia nuna. 
Lesbia nuna, Less. Suppl. Ois.-Mouches, p. 169, pi. 35. 
Ornismya gouldii , D^Orb. &Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27, sp. 5. 
Hab. Enquisivi and Sicasica. 
I place O. gouldi, D’Orbigny, as Lesbia nuna, Less., 
from the fact that I was unable to find any specimen of L. 
gouldi brought by D’Qrbigny in the Museum; but there 
are three of L. nuna, a male and two females, mounted in 
the gallery. The measurement given of the lateral rec- 
trices of 5^ ! I do not understand. If centimetres are in¬ 
tended it is too short even for the tail of a female of L. gouldi. 
If 15J is intended, it would be about the right length for 
L. nuna, but too long for L. gouldi. I am under the im¬ 
pression that as 20J centim. is given as the total length, 
15| centim. was meant for that of the tail, which is the mea¬ 
surement of the tail of L. nuna. The male specimen has no 
locality given on the ticket beyond f Amerique meridionale; 3 
but the two females are marked as from Sicasica, Bolivia. 
Thalurania nigrofasciata. 
Trochilus nigrofasciata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 89. 
Ornismya furcata, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 27, 
sp. 6. 
Hab. Chiquitos, Santa Cruz, Moxos. 
Three skins, two males and one female, brought by TPOr- 
bigny from Yungas, Santa Cruz, and Moxos respectively, 
numbered on their tickets 324, are in the collection. I could 
not find any example from Chiquitos. They all belong to T. 
nigrofasciata, Gould. 
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