1918. CATALOGUE OF BIRDS OF THE AMERICAS CORY. 295 



*Nesophlox lyrura (Gould). INAGUA WOOD-STAR. 



Doricha lyrura GOULD, Ann. & Mag. N. H., (4), IV, 1869, p. in ("Long Id," 



i. e. Inagua !., Bahamas); ELLIOT, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 126; CORY, Bds. 



Bahama Is., 1880, p. no; Id., Bds. West Indies, 1889, p. 150; Id., Cat. Bds. 



West Indies, 1892, pp. 107, 127; SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit., Mus., XVI, 1892, 



p. 382. 

 Nesophlox lyrura RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, V, 1911, p. 643. 



Range: Inagua Island, Bahamas. 

 Bahamas (Inagua I.). 



Genus DORICHA Reichenbach. 



Doricha Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colib., 1854, p. 12 (Type Trochilus enicurus 

 VieUlot). 



*Doricha enicura Vieillot. SLENDER SHEAR-TAIL. 



Trochilus enicurus VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXIII, p. 429 ("Brazil," 



errore). 



Thaumastura enicura GOULD, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1861, pi. 157. 

 Doricha enicura ELLIOT, Syn, Trochil., 1879, P- I2 45 SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 381; RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, V, 1911, 



p. 648. 



Thaumastura henicura SALVIN and SCLATER, Ibis, 1860, p. 40. 

 D[oricha\ henicura HARTERT, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 199. 



Range: Highlands of Guatemala. 



3: Guatemala (Vera Paz i, "Guatemala" 2). 



*Doricha eliza (Lesson and Delattre). MEXICAN SHEAR-TAIL. 



Trochilus eliza LESSON and DELATTRE, Rev. Zool., 1839, p. 20 (between Vera 



Cruz and Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico). 



Thaumastura elizae GOULD, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1861, pi. 155. 

 Doricha elizae ELLIOT, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 125; SALVIN, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 



XVI, 1892, p. 382. 

 Doricha eliza RIDGWAY, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, V, 1911, p. 650. 



Range: Southeastern Mexico, Vera Cruz, Yucatan (including 

 Holbox I.), etc. 



2: Mexico (Progresso i, Yucatan i). 



Genus TILMATURA Reichenbach. 



Tilmatura Reichenbach, Aufz. d. Colib., 1854, p. 8 (nom. Nud.); Id., Trochil. 

 Enum., 1855, p. 5 (Type T. lepida Reichenbach = Ornismya duponti Lesson). 



Gould supposed the type of lyrura came from Long Island but Dr. Bryant, 

 who collected the specimen, visited both Long Island and Inagua. So far as known 

 the species is confined to Inagua. 



