54 Ridgway — New Forms of MicroporUdx and Trorhilidve. 



usually more broadly tipped with white; adult male s^imilar to that of 

 C. 71. jnmaicensis, but wing averaging longer and tail decidedly shorter, 

 and general color of head and neck decidedly more grayish. Adult male? 

 (type): Wing, 15.") nun.; tail, ">7; exi)()sed culinen, fl; tarsus, 12; mid- 

 dle toe, 9. 



Phoethornis longirostris veraecrucis .subsp. nov. 



Type from Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, southeastern Mexico. No. 177,330, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Adult male. May 23, 1901, A. E. Colburn. 



Similar to P. I. mexicanus (of southwestern Mexico) in white (instead 

 of buff) terminal margins to lateral rectrices, but much smaller, and paler 

 in coloration. Adult male: Wing, t)0-65.5 ((i2.9) mm.; tail, 65-70 

 (67.9); culmen, 39-42.5 (40.3).* 



Phoethornis adolphi saturatus subsp. nov. 



Type from El Hogar, Costa Rica. No. 26,741, coll. Carnegie Museum. 

 Adult male. December 19, 1VI05, M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



Similar to P. a. adolphi (from southern Mexico), but adult male decid- 

 edly darker, especially chin, throat and chest, the first being distinctly 

 dusky. 



(Tuateniala to Panama. ((Tuatemalan sjjecimens are intermediate, but 

 seem to be more like those from Costa Rica than like those from Mexico.) 



Hupherusa eximia nelsoni subsp. nov. 



Type from Motzorongo, Vera Cruz, Mexico. No. 155,363, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. (Biological Survey Coll.) Adult male. February 28, 1894, Nelson 

 and Goldman. 



Similar to E. e. eximia, but larger, especially the bill; green of under- 

 parts more yellowish, and l)luck tip to lateral rectrices with line of de- 

 marcation against the basal white decidedly (iliiique and nmch less .sharply 

 defined. 



Adult male.— \A'ngth, 93-1U3 (98) mm.; wing, ()U.5-(1] ((JO.7); tail,;!4- 

 35.5 (34.7); culmen, 18.5-1*) (18. 7). t 



Amizilis bangsi sp. nov. 



Type from Volcan de Miravallcs, northwestern Costa Rica. No. 16, 682, 

 coll.E. A. and (). Bangs. .Vdult male. Septend)er 7, 1895, C. F. Under- 

 wood. 



Similar to A. cinnamomea cinnamomea, but whole side of neck, includ- 

 ing lateral portions of lower throat, metallic greenish bronze or bronze- 

 green instead of light cinnamon-rufous. 



•Adult males of P. I. mexicanus measure as follows: Wing, 67-69.5 (68.1) ; tail. 83-87 

 (84.(1) ; culmen, 45.JV-47 (40.1). 



tTwo s|)e<'inioiis. The corn'spoiidiiiK iiicasuriMiiciits of asorios of eleven adult males 

 of K. e. eximia (ten from (iiiateiiiala, one from Nicai'aKua) are as follows: Length, S4-9o 

 (S<i) ; wing, r)0.r>-Cl (r)8.7); tail, :i'J..')-:j|.rj (3:j.r.) ; eulmen, IC-lK (17. (J). 



