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Show 188 MR. H. WHITELY ON HUMMING-BIRDS [Feb. 4, after a long search, that I managed to find it hidden in the dead leaves at the bottom of the brushwood. Imagine m y delight on taking it up and finding that it was Myrtis yarrelli, which is stated to be found only in Arica, at a very low elevation. Length 3 ^ in., bill f in., wing 1^ in. Two outer tail-feathers on each side narrow, like spines ; throat burnished lake ; bill black, eye black ; legs, toes, claws black. 2. PHAETHORNIS SUPERCILIOSUS (Linn.). June 2nd, 1871. Cosnipata, alt. 2300 feet.-This species is rare. It frequents the bell-shaped flowers in the clearing. Very rapid in its movements. Bill, upper mandible black, lower black at tip, vermilion at base. Plumage dusky; legs, toes, claws brown. Two outer tail-feathers longest, and tipped with white ; eye black. Length from tip of bill to outer tail-feathers 6^ in., bill 1| in., length of wing 2-| in. 3. PETASOPHORA IOLATA, Gould. M a y 28th, 1871. Cosnipata.-Shot in the forest. Frequents the flowers of the creeping plants, attached to the trunks of large trees ; generally at a great elevation. Bill black ; legs, toes, claws, and eye black. Dull-coloured plumage; ear-tufts blue ; small patch of golden blue and green on throat. Length 4\ in., bill \ in., wing 2f in. 4. IOLCEMA WHITELYANA, Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. II. ser. 4, 1872, p. 452. Cosnipata. Female shot M a y 21st, male August 3rd, 1871. Very rare. Frequents flowering plants at the tops of the loftiest trees in the depths of the forest, at nearly all times out of range of gun-shot. Very powerful in flight, and darts from flower to flower with extraordinary rapidity. Male. Bill black ; eye dark hazel; legs, toes, and claws black ; crown of head and back green ; throat, upper part immediately under bill black, lower part rich purple, breast black. Female smaller in size, but nearly the same plumage. Male. Length 5 ^ in., of bill \\, wing 2\\. Stomach contained small insects. 5. CYNANTHUS MOCOA (Delattr. & Muls.). San Antonio, in the valley of Paucartambo, July 3rd, 1871 ; elevation 3600 feet.-These two males were the only ones seen ; they were in a small glade in the forest, feeding on the bell-shaped flowers of a plant somewhat similar to the tobacco-plant, and which grows to about the same size. In this glade there were four different species of Humming-birds, all feeding on the same flowers. This bird, after hovering a few seconds over the flowers, suddenly darts away into the forest,-where it remains a long time perched on the branch of a tree without moving. Bill black; eye, legs, toes, and claws black ; crown of head burnished green, small patch of blue in |