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ramanga; Ibague), Venezuela (San Cristobal), and eastern Panamd 

 (Colon; Panam&). 



Omismya colombica Bourciek, Rev. Zool., vi, Jan., 1843, 2 (Colombia; coll.?); 

 Ann. Sci. Phys. et Nat. Lyons, vi, 1844, pi. 6. 



P[olytmus] columbicus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, Dec, 1848, 108. 



[Polytvius] columbicus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 130, no. 1658. 



Thalurania coluvibica Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1852, 8; Monogr. Troch., 

 ii, 1858, pi. 106; Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 78.— Bonaparte, Rev. Zool., 

 1854, 254.— ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 294 (Bogotd, Colombia).— Mul- 

 SANT and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 51; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., iii, 

 livr. 1, 1876, 63; iv, livr. 2, 1877, pi. 56; livr. 3, 1878, 217 (crit.).— Wyatt, 

 Ibis, 1871, 376 (Herradura, Colombia, 4,000 ft.). — Salvin and Elliot, Ibis, 

 1873, 355, part (monogr.). — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1875, 237 (San Cristobal, Venezuela). — Mxjlsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons, 

 xxii, 1876, 218.— Elliot, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 99, part (Colom- 

 bia). — Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 17 (Sien-a Nevada de Santa Marta, 

 and Minca, Colombia, 2,000 ft.). — Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 310 

 (Bucaramanga, Colombia); 1887, 319 (Bogota, Colombia; synonymy). — 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 79, 652, part (Colombian and Vene- 

 zuelan localities and references). — Boucard, The Hum. Bird, ii, 1892, 75 

 (Bogotil); Gen. Hum. Birds, 1893, 101. — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 

 1898, 135 (Santa Marta, Colombia), 174 (San Miguel and Palomina, Santa 

 Marta). — Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 306 (Ibague, centr. Colom- 

 bia). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, l4l (Bonda, etc., Santa 

 Marta). 



T[halurania\ columbica Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 24 (Colombia). 



[Thalurania] columbica Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 83, part 

 (Colombia). 



[Coeligena. a. 'Thalurania] columbica Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 7. 



Coeligena columbica Reichenbach, Troch. Enum., 1855, 3, pi. 685, figs. 4511, 4512. 



Thalurania colombica Boucard, The Hum. Bird, i, no. 4, 1901, 26 (descr. of 

 aberrant or discolored male). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 

 ii, 1892, 266, part (Colombia; Venezuela). 



T[halurania] colombica Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 80 (monogr.). 



[Thalurania] colombica Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 116. 



[Coeligena. a. Thalurania] puella Reichenbach, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 7. 



Coeligena puella Reichenbach, Trocli. I^num., 1855, 3. 



Thalurania puella Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 254. 



Th[alurania] columbica typica Hartert, Novit. Zool., iv, April, 1897, 149, in 

 text (crit.). 



THALURANIA COLOMBICA VENUSTA (Gould). 



COSTA RICAN WOOD-NYMPH. 



Similar to T. c. colomhica, but bill and tail averaging decidedly 

 longer; adult male with color of upper parts very much darker, with 

 the violet-blue of anteiior scapulars much more extended and often 

 crossing the upper back (sometimes as a broad band) ; color of tail 

 decidedly more violaceous, and under tail-coverts with much less of 

 white, sometimes wholly blue-black or dark steel blue; adult female 

 with mifklle rectrices averaging much more bluish (usually dusky 

 metallic blue) and under parts with sides and flanks much more 



