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Genus 4. Picolaples Lesson 257 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Picolaptes 259 



22. Picolaptes leucogaster (Swainson) 259 



23. Picolai^tes affinis aiJinis (Lafresnaye) 261 



24. Picolaptes affinis neglectus Ridgway 263 



25. Picolaptes lineaticeps lineaticeps Lafresnaye 264 



26. Picolaptes lineaticeps compressus (Cabanis) 265 



27. Picolaptes lineaticeps insignis (Nelson ) 266 



Genus 5. Campylorhamplius Bertoni 268 



Key to the Species of Campylorhamphus 269 



28. Campylorhamphus venezuelensis ( Chapnian) 271 



29. Campylorhamphus borealis (Oarriker) 272 



Genus 6. Glyphorhynchus Ma.ximilian 274 



Key to the Subspecies of Glyphorhynchus cuneatus 275 



30. Glyphorhynchus cuneatus pectoralis (Sclater) 275 



Genus 7. Sittasomus Swainson 277 



Key to the Sjiecies and Subspecies of Sittasomus 279 



31. Sittasomus sylvioides sylvioides Lafresnaye 280 



32. Sittasomus sylvioides levis (Bangs) 282 



33. Sittasomus sylvioides jaliscensis Nelson 283 



Genus 8. Deconychura Cherrie 283 



Key to the Species of Deconychura. 284 



34. Deconychura typica Cherrie 285 



Genus 9. Dendrocincla Gray 286 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Dendrocincla 287 



35. Dendrocincla anabatina anabatina Scla(er 288 



36. Dendrocincla anabatina typhla C>berholser 290 



37. Dendrocincla anabatina saturata Carriker 290 



38. Dendrocincla lafresnayei ridgwayi Oberholser 291 



39. Dendrocincla homochroa homochroa (Sclater) 293 



40. Dendrocincla homochroa acedesta Oberholser 294 



41. Dendrocincla homochroa ruficeps (Sclater and Salvin) 295 



Order Coraciiformes 295 



Key to the Suborders of Coraciiformes 297 



SuBORUER Macrochires 298 



Key to the Superfamilies of Macrochires 299 



SUPERFAMILY TrOCHILI 300 



Family Troceilid^ 300 



Key to the North and Middle American and more closely related South Ameri- 

 can Genera of Trochilidse 303 



Genus 1. Eutoxeres Reichenbach 310 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Eutoxeres 311 



1. Eutoxeres aquila salvini (Gould) 312 



Genus 2. Phoethornis Swainson 314 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Phoethornis 315 



2. Phcethornis guyi coruscus Bangs 317 



3. Phcethornis longirostris longirostris (Delattre) 319 



4. Phoethornis longirostris cephalus (Bourcier and Mulsant) 321 



5. Phoethornis longirostris ventcrucis Ridgway 323 



6. Phoethornis longirostris mexicanus (Hartert) 323 



7. Pha'thornia anthophilus hyalinus (Bangs) 324 



8. Phoethornis adolphi adolphi Gould 324 



9. Phcethornis adolphi eaturatus Ridgway 326 



10. Phcethornis striigularis striigularis (Gould) 327 



