1918. CATALOGUE OF BIRDS OF THE AMERICAS CORY. 259 



"Vestipedes derbyi derbyi (Delattre and Bourder). DERBY'S PUFF- 

 LEG. 



Trochilus derbyi DELATTRE and BOURCIER, Rev. Zool., 1846, p. 306 (Volcan 



Purac, near Popayan). 



Eriocnemis derbyanus GOULD, Mon. Trochil., IV, 1858, pi. 279. 

 Eriocnemis derbiana ELLIOT, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 189, part. 

 Eriocnemis derbyi SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 362, part. 

 Vestipedes derbyi derbyi OBERHOLSER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 331 



(Pasto, southern Colombia). 



Range: Northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. 

 i: "Colombia." 



*Vestipedes derbyi longirostris (Harterf)* LONG-BILLED PUFF-LEG. 



Eriocnemis derbyi longirostris HARTERT, Nov. Zool., II, 1895, p. 69 (Bogota) ; Id. , 



Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 149. 

 Vestipedes derbyi longirostris CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 1917, 



p. 302. 



Range: Colombia (central and eastern Andes) . b 

 i: Colombia (Bogota?). 



Genus OCREATUS Gould. 



Ocreatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1846, p. 86 (Type Trochilus addae 



Bourcier). 

 Steganurus Reichenbach, Syst. Av. Nat. (Dec.), 1849, pi. 40 (Type 0. underwoodi 



Lesson). 

 Spathura Gould, Mon. Trochil. (June), 1849, pi. 164 (Type S. peruana Gould). 



*Ocreatus underwoodi underwoodi Lesson. WHITE-FOOTED RACKET- 

 TAIL. 



Ornismya underwoodi LESSON, Hist. Nat. Trochil., 1832, p. 105, pi. 37 (Santa F6 



de Bogota). 



Trochilus caligatus GOULD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1848, p. 14. 

 Spathura underwoodi GOULD, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1849, pi. 162; SALVIN, Cat. Bds. 



Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 375, part; HARTERT, Nov. Zool., VI, 1899, p. 72. 

 Steganura underwoodi ELLIOT, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 142. 

 0[creatus] underwoodi (typicus) HARTERT, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 150. 

 Ocreatus underwoodi underwoodi CHAPMAN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 



1917, p. 303, crit. (various localities in Colombia). 



Range: Colombia. 



8: Colombia (Bogota 3, "Colombia" 5). 



a Vestipedes derbyi longirostris (HARTERT) : Differs from V. d. derbyi in having 

 the bill decidedly longer; other characters supposed to distinguish this form are 

 apparently inconstant. 



b Chapman (I.e.) suspects that the true home of this race is in the central Andes 

 and that the type locality ("Bogota") may be wrong. 



