BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 381 



(Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 243.— Swarth, Condor, vii, 



1905, 79 (Santa Rita Mts., Arizona).— Visher, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 282 (Santa 



Rita Mts., Arizona, 1 spec; Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona, 1 spec. May 4). 

 B[asiUnna] Ifitcotis Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 45 (Mexico). — 



RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 319; Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1890 



(1891), 369 (diagnosis, etc.). 

 Basillina Icucotis Sclater, Proc Zool. Soc Lond., 1856, 287 (Cordova, Vera 



Cruz). — SwARTH, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 4, 1904, 19 (Huacliuca Mts., 



Arizona, 5,500-7,000 ft.). 

 Coeligena leucotis Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., i, livr. 3, 



1874, 187 (Temascaltt'pec, Mexico; Guatemala). 



Heliopaedica leucoi is MvLSAi^T-dnd Vehreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., ii, livr. 1, 



1875, 3. 



Heliopaedica {Coeligena) leucotis Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouch., iv, livr. 3, 1878, 186 (synonymy). 



{?)Trochilus lucidus Shaw, Gen. Zool., viii, pt. 1, 1812, 327 (based on " Le plus 

 beau des hecjieurs, Azara Par.") 



(?) Mellisuga lucida Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., xiv, pt. i, 1826, 247. 



(?) [Sapphironia] lucida Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 256. 



Sapphironia lucida Sclater, Proc. Zool. S<:)C. Lond., 1858, 297 (Oaxaca); 1859, 

 386 (Totontepec, Oaxaca). 



Trochilus melanotis Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., i, 1827, 441 (Real del Monte, 

 Hidalgo). 



Eeliopsedica melanotis Gould, Mon. Troch., ii, pt. xv, 1858, pi. 64; Introd. 

 Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 60.— Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 195, 263, 270 (Volcan de 

 Fuego, Coban, and San Geronimo, Guatemala; habits). — Sclater, Cat. 

 Am. Birds, 1862, 289 (Mexico); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 176 (Valley 

 of Mexico). — Sanchez, Anal. Mus. Nac Mex., i, 1877, 96 (Jalapa; Valley of 

 Mexico; Guanajuato). — Villada, La Naluraleza, ii, 1874, 365 (Valley of 

 Mexico).— BoucARD, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, 1876, 14 (Mexico; Puebla; 

 Oaxaca); Notes Troch. du Mex., 1875, 1 (Mexico; Puebla; Oaxaca; habits, 

 etc.).— D'OcA, La Naturaleza, iii, 1875, 28; Troq. de Mex., 1875, 19, pi. (3), 



fig- 11. 

 [Heliopiedica] melanotis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 81. 

 E[eliopsedica] melanotis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 



1874, 466. 

 Heliopedica melanotis Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 130 (Guatemala). — 



Duces, La Naturaleza, i, 1873, 141 (Guanajuato). 

 nseliopsedica melanotis IIerrera, La Naturaleza, (2), i, 1891, 322 (Valley of 



Mexico). 

 Ilylocharis melanotis Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 38. 

 Trochilus cuculliger Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 1; Journ. fiir 



Orn., 1863,55. 

 Ornismya arsennii Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., 1829, pp. xxvii, 60, pi. 9 



("Brazil;" coll. Rivoli); Suppl., 1831, 152, pi. 27; Index Gen. and Syuop. 



Troch., 1832, p. xxxix (Real del Monte; Temascal tepee). 

 T[rochilus] xicotencal De la Llave, Registro Trimestre, ii, no. 5, Jan., 1833, 48 



(Mexico; see Richmond, Auk, xvi, 1899, 324). 



BASILINNA LEUCOTIS PYGM^EA Simon and Hellmayr. 



LESSER WHITE-EARED HUMMING BIRD. 



Differing from B. I. leucotis in smaller size with relatively longer 

 wings; green of throat more restricted posteriorly; breast and abdo- 



