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INTRODUCTION

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Phaéthornis Episcopus, Gould .

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Pygmornis episcopus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Heim. heil ii. p. 7, note.

Habitat. British Guiana.

44, PYGMORNIS RUFIVENTRIS.
Brin blanc jeune dge, Vieill. Ois. Dor. tom. i. p. 39, pl. 19.
Trochilus rufigaster, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. tom. vil. p. 3

Davidianus, Less. Troch. p. 50, pl. 13; Jard. Nat. Lib.

ard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. i. p. 15

57: Id. Enc. Méth. Orn. part ii. p. 551.
Humming-Birds, vol. 11. p. 127.

Phathornis davidianus, J 1; Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 108,
sp. 13.

rufigaster, Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 108, sp. 12.

—_— pygmaeus, Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. tom. ill. p. 708.

Eremita Davidianus, Reichenb. Aufz. der C@olgn. 14:,, Ic: Troch. Enum. p. 11.

Pygmornis davidianus, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 250.

rufiventris, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil i. p. 7, note.
Habitat. Cayenne.
The above list of synonyms are given on the authority of Dr. Cabanis: it is just possible that they may refer

to the female of my P. Episcopus ; but I fear that this cannot at present be satisfactorily determined.

45. Pycmornis Eremita, Gould.

Phaéthornis Eremita, Gould : : : : : ‘ : Volealee lal ealOn
Trochilus Brasiliensis, Less. Man. @’Orn. tom. ii. p. 75; Id. Traité d’Orn. p. 289.
rufigaster, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. ii. p. 83, pl. 4.
Phathornis rufigaster, Jard. Nat. Lib. Humming-Birds, vol. 11. p. 151 ; Burm. Th. Bras. tom. 11. p. 326.

Phetornis, sp., Gray & Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. App. p. 30 a.
Phaétornis eremita, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. tom. i. p. 68, Phaétornis, sp. 12.
Eremita rufigaster, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 14; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 11.
Pygmornis rufigaster, Bonap. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1584, p. 250.

eremita, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil ii. p. 7.

Habitat. Northern Brazil, Bahia, the banks of the Lower Amazon.

46. PyGMoRNIS PYGMA.
Phaéthornis pygmeus : ; : : : : : : : : Volo Rival:
Trochilus Brasiliensis, Wied, Beitr. tom. iv. p. 111.
pygmeus, Burm. Th. Bras. tom. ii. p. 327.
Eremita pygmaeus, Reichenb. Aufz. der Col. p. 14 ; Id. Troch. Enum. p. 10.
Pygmornis pygmaea, Cab. et Hem. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 6.

Habitat. South-eastern Brazil.

Subfamily I. TROCHILIN.

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pyloptert, a group of Humming-Birds distinguished by their great

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