BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 437 



a. Coloration lighter (more yellowish) green; wing averaging longer. 

 (Andes of Venezuela.) 



Saucerottia sophias braccata (extralimital)." 

 ff. Larger (wing 56, tail 43.3, culmen 25.4); bill more curved; green of 

 upper parts more bluish. (Northwestern Costa Rica.) 



Saucerottia alfaroana (p. 441). 

 ee. Under tail-coverts bronzy or chestnut. (Saucerottia tobaci.) 

 /. Tail black or dull violet-black. 



g. Above mostly green or bronze-green, the upper tail-coverts purplish 

 bronze; larger: male with wing 55.5, tail 33, culmen 19; female, 

 wing 54-54.5 (54.2), tail 32-32.5 (32.2), culmen 18-19.5 (18.8). 



(Island of Tobago.) Saucerottia tobaci tobaci (extralimital). & 



gg. Above with whole rump coppery bronze, the upper tail-coverts 

 sometimes light chestnut; smaller: male with wing 50-51 (50.3), 

 tail 30-30.5 (30.2), culmen 16.5-18 (17.2); female, wing 48-50 

 (49.3), tail 29-30 (29.3), culmen 18-19.5 (18.8). (Island of Trini- 



ddd.) Saucerottia tobaci erythronota (extralimital). c 



ff. Tail bright blue-black or dark steel blue. 



g. Wing-coverts, back, and rump green or bronze-green; under tail- 

 coverts usually bronze centrally; smaller: male with wing 49-51 

 (50.2), tail 29-31 (29.7), c\ilmen 17-18 (17.7); female, wing 48-49 

 (48.8), tail 28-29 (28.4), culmen 18-19 (18.4). (Coast district of 

 Venezuela.) Saucerottia tobaci feliciae (extralimital).^ 



« H[em'ithylaca] braccata Heine, Joum. fiir Om., May, 1863, 193 (Merida, Venezuela; 

 coll. Berlin Mus.). — H[emithylaca] caligata (not Trochilus caligatus Gould) Cabanis 

 and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 39 (Merida, Venezuela). — S[aucerottea] ivarscewiczi 

 braccata Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 52 (monogr.). 



b (?) [Trochilus] tobaci Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 498 (based on Tobago 

 Humming-bird Latham, S^-nopsis, i, pt. 2, 781; Tobago). — AmazHia tobaci Salvin, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 226. — Trochilus erytkronotus (not Ornismya erythro- 

 notos Lesson) Jardine, Ann. and Mag. N. H., xx, 1847, 374 (Tobago). — Saucerottia 

 wellsi Boucard, The Hum. Bird, iii, pt. i, March, 1893, 8 ("Grenada;" coll. A. Bou- 

 card); Dalmas, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xiii, 1900, 142 (Tobago; crit.). S[aucerottea] 

 tobaci (typica) Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 55. — Amizilis to6aa Oberholser, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 208. 



c Ornismya crythronotos Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., 1829, pp. xxxii, 181, pi. 61 

 ("Bresil"). — P[olytmiis] erytkronotus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 108. — [Polytmus] 

 crythronotos Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 132, no. 1695. — Polytmus erythronotus Leotaud, 

 Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 137. — [Sa^icerottia] erythronota Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 

 77. — Chlorestes erythronota Reichenbach, Troch. Enum., 1855, 4, pi. 699, figs. 4562, 

 4563. — H[emithylaca] erythronota Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 37. — 

 Ariana erythronota Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 36; Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouch., i, 1874, 323. — Amazilia erythronota Elliot, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 

 224; Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 225. — Amizilis tobaci erythronota Ober- 

 holser, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., June 2, 1899, 208. — S[auc€rottea] tobaci erythronota 

 Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 55 (monogr.). — Erythronota antiqua Gould, 

 Mon. Troch., v. May, 1860, pi. 316; In trod. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 160. 



<i 0[rnismya] felicise Lesson, Rev. Zool., iii, March, 1840, 72 ("le Bresil, le district 

 de San Jose;" coll. Abeille). — [Chlorestes, y. Saucerottia] feliciae Reichenbach, Aufz. 

 der Colibr., 1854, 7. — [Saucerottia] feliciae Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 

 255.— Chlorestes feliciae Reichen])acli, Troch. Enum., 1855, 4, pi. 697, figs. 4556, 4557. — 

 Erythronota felicise Gould, Mon. Troch., v, Sept., 1849, pi. 317; Introd. Troch., oct. 

 ed., 1861, 161. — H[emithylaca] felicise Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 38.— 

 Ariana felicise Mvi\&2iiii^ud Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 36; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., 

 i, 1874,325; iv, 1877, \%5.— [Polytmus] felicise Gr2,Y, Hand-list, i, 1869, 132, no. 1696.— 



