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Show 1873.] COLLECTED IN HIGH PERU. 189 middle of throat; tail-feathers very much elongated and of blue and green on upper surface ; greater part of body and back dull green. Length 4f in., bill f in., wing 2| in. 6. ADELOMYIA CHLOROSPILA, Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, 1872, p. 452. San Antonio, July 5th, 1871.-Shot in the open glade where the preceding specimens were obtained. I took them at first for females, but could not quite understand that females would fight with such fury as I saw these doing; so that, to satisfy my curiosity, I shot two of them, and, upon opening the bodies for the purpose of seeing contents of stomach, found to my surprise that both were males. Plumage on back green; throat and breast light brown, with green spots on throat; tail-feathers tipped with light brown ; bill black ; legs, toes, claws, and eye black. Length 3 ^ in., bill T 7^ in., wing 2-Jg- in. 7. APHANTOCHROA HYPOSTICTA, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 124. San Antonio, July 5th, 1871.-Shot at the same spot as the preceding. It was perched on the dead branch of a tree. Bill black ; legs, toes, claws, and eye black. Length 4\ in., bill 1 in., wing 2g in. 8. PHAETHORNIS GUYI, Less. San Antonio, July 10th, 1871.-Rare. Frequents the flowers of the tobacco-plant, towards the dusk of the evening. In the daytime rarely seen in the clearing, but frequents the flowers in gloomy recesses of the forest. Bill, upper mandible black, lower bright vermilion, point black ; eye, legs, toes, and claws black. Plumage dull; two outer tail-feathers broad, and longer than the rest, terminating in a fine white point half an inch long. Length 5| in., bill If in., wing 2| in. 9. HELIOTHRIX AURITUS. Cosnipata, July 20th, 1871.-This bird was shot in the clearing, hovering over a flowering shrub. It is rare and was first seen during the journeys to Cosnipata. Bill black, legs and feet brown, claws black, eye black ; back glittering green, underside from base of lower mandible to tip of tail white, with faint black spots on throat and breast. Length 5g in., of bill J in., wing 2f in. The succeeding species were all obtained at Ccachipata, at commencement of the eastern wood-region, at an elevation of 11,000 feet, in October and November 1871. 10. DOCIMASTES ENSIFER. This bird was found feeding off a red tubular-shaped flower. One specimen only obtained, but several more seen. It is not at all timid, and is easily approached : but it takes long flights; and by the time |