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187, 314; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 342; Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 

 1896, 598.— CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 416.— Salvin, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 411 (Valley of Mexico; Sierra de San Luis Potosi; 

 Cofre de Perote, Jalapa, and Cuesta de Misantla, Vera Cruz; Cahdllo, Aguas 

 Calientes; Tepic; Oaxaca; Chilpancingo, Guerrero). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 360 (Patzcuaro, Michoacan; Totontepec, 

 Oaxaca; etc.). — Hartert (E. and C), Novit. Zool., i, 1894, 64 (Chilpan- 

 cingo, Guerrero, 7,000 ft.).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 34 

 (Jalapa). 



Atthis eloisoe Duges, La Naturaleza, i, 1870, 141 (Patzcuaro, Michoacdn). 



A[tthis] heloisiv Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 9 (diagnosis). — Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 465. 



[Atthis] helois:r Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 84, part (Mexico). — 

 MuLSANT, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 227. 



Atthis heloisa Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 465, 

 pi. 47, fig. 6.— Ridgway, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1890 (1891), 380, pi. 

 46 (monogr.). — Phillips, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 78 (Galindo and Realito, 

 Tamaulipas). 



A[tlhis] heloisa Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 210 (monogr.). 



[Atthis] heloisa Sharps, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 142. 



ATTHIS HELOISA ELLIOTI (Ridgway). 



ELLIOT'S HUMMING BIRD. 



Similar to A. h. lieloisa, but averaging smaller (especially the bill) ; 

 adult male with tip of outermost primary not contracted in width, 

 sides of head much darker grayish brown (without whitish on malar 

 region), and purple of throat decidedly more reddish. (Adult female 

 not seen.) 



Adult moZe.— Length (skin), 58-69 (63); wing, 34-37.5 (34.9); 

 tail, 19-21 (20.3); exposed culmen, 10.5-11.5 (10.9).« 



Guatemala (Calderas, Volcan de Fuego; Cuipache and Volcan de 

 Santa Maria, Quezaltenango; Coban; El Rincon, San Marcos; 

 Chilasco; Dueilas; Coban; Guatemala City; Vera Paz). 



Selasphorns heloisx (not Ornismya heloisa Lesson and Delattre) Sclater and Sal- 

 vin, Ibis, 1859, 129 (Guatemala).— Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 195 (Duenas, Guate- 

 mala), 266 (tierra caliente and Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala); 1862, 96 (Volcan 

 de Fuego). 



Atthis heloisa Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 465, 

 part (Guatemalan references). 



Atthis heloisse Boucard, Notes Troch. du Mex., 1875, 7, part (Cobdn, Guatemala); 

 Liste Ois. recol. Guat., 1878, 46. — Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.- 

 Mouch., iv, li\T. 2, 1877, 91, part (Guatemala). 



Atthis ellioti Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, sig. 1, July 1, 1878, 9 (Volcan de 

 Fuego, Guatemala; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1890 

 (1891), 380; Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 598.— Elliot, Classif. and 

 Synop. Troch., 1879, 114.— Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 412, 667 

 (El Rincon, San Marcos; Cuipache and Volcan de Sta Maria, Quezalte- 

 nango; Calderas, Volcan de Fuego; Chilasco, Cobdn, and Atitlan, Guate- 

 mala). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1892, 361. — Bou- 

 card, Gen. Hum. Birds, 1895, 12, part (Guatemala). 



a JEight specimens, 



