ipi8. CATALOGUE OF BIRDS OF THE AMERICAS CORY. 293 



Myrtis yarrelli WHITELY, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 187; ELLIOT, Syn. 

 Trochil., 1879, p. 137; TACZANOWSKI, Ora. Perou, I, 1884, p. 311; SALVIN, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 418. 



Range: Southern Peru and western Bolivia. 



Genus MYRMIA Mulsant. 



Myrmia Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn., Lyon, 1875, XXII, p. 228 (Type Calothorax 

 micrurus Gould). 



*Myrmia micrura Gould. SHORT-TAILED WOOD STAR. 



Calothorax micrurus GOULD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853, p. 109 (Peru); Id., 

 Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1854, pi. 148. 



Acestrura micrura ELLIOT, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 120; SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. 

 Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 409. 



Myrmia micrura MULSANT, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, IV, 1877. p. 113; TAC- 

 ZANOWSKI, Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 308; HARTERT, Das Tierreich, 1900, 

 p. 196; OBERHOLSER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 340 (Santo 

 Domingo, western Ecuador). 



Range: Northern Peru and western Ecuador; Bolivia? 

 i: Peru (Chyion). 



Genus CALLIPHLOX Boie. 



Calliphlox Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 344 (Type Trochilus amethystinus Gmelin). 



"Calliphlox amethystina (Gmelin). AMETHYST HUMMINGBIRD. 

 Trochilus amethystinus GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 496 ("Cayenna"). 

 Calliphlox amethystina GOULD, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1856, pi. 159; ELLIOT, Syn. 



Trochil., 1879, p. 130; SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 386; 



BERLEPSCH, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 268; HELLMAYR, Nov. Zool., XIII, 



1906, p. 379; CHUBB, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 424. 

 (?) Ornismya othura LESSON, Hist. Nat. Trochil., 1832, pp. 85-88, pis. 28, 29.* 

 (t)Catharma othura ELLIOT, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 112; SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 410; HARTERT, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 196; CHERRIE, 



Bull. Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sci., II, 1916, p. 299 (crit). 

 Trochilus brevicauda SPIX, Av. Bras., 1824, p. 79, pi. 80. 

 (?) Ornismya amethystoides LESSON, Hist. Nat. Trochil., 1832, p. 79, pi. 25. 

 (?) C[alliphlox] roraimae BOUCARD, Humming Bds., I, 1891, p. 30. 



Range: Guiana, Trinidad, Venezuela, eastern Ecuador and 

 Brazil. 



4: Venezuela (Caracas) i; British Guiana (Roraima i, Merume 

 Mts. i); Locality? i. b 



Cf. Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 268, footnote. 



b An immature male in the Field Museum collection (No. 45538) labelled Cath- 

 arme othura, tf, in Boucard's handwriting, has the tail square with white tips to the 

 outer feathers as mentioned by Berlepsch. It is possible it may prove to be a distinct 

 form. 



