BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 389 



Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1891, 347 (Chapada, prov. Matto Grosso, s. \v. Brazil; 

 crit.; descr. eggs). — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 310 (San 

 Pablo, s. Cuba); vi, 1894, 26 (Trinidad).— Cory, Cat. W. I. Birdn, 1892, 117, 

 155 (Cuba).— RiCFiMOND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 487 (Rio P^scon- 

 dido and San Carlos, Nicaragua). — Cherrie, Expl. Zool. Costa Rica, i, Aves, 

 1893, 17 (Lagarto, Boruca, Terraba, and Buenos Aires, s. w. Costa Rica). 



Cti((nerpes cyaneus Oberholser, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1891, 32 (synonymy; geog. 

 range, etc.). — Bangs, Auk, xviii, 1891, 31 (San Miguel I., Bay of Panama). 



(l)\_C€rt}nci] cyanogastra Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 295 (based on Blue-tJiroated 

 Creeper 'Latham, Synopsis, ii, 734). 



(?)[Cert/ii«] flavipes Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 472 (based on Blue-throated 

 Creeper Latham, Synopsis, ii, 734) . 



Oereba carneipes Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 376 fPlaya Vicente, 

 Oaxaca, S.Mexico; coll. P. L. Sclater); 1864, 173 ("valley of Mexico"); Cat. 

 Am. Birds, 1862, 52 (Oaxaca).- — Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 32 (Duenas, 

 Guatemala); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 349 (Panama R. R. ). — Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1861, 291, 317 (Panama R. R.); viii, 1865, 175 (David, 

 Chiriqui).— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 137; (Cordillera de Tole, 

 Santiago, and Santa Fe, Veragua; David, Chiriqui); 1870, 185 (Bugaba, 

 Volcan de Chiriqui, Chitra, Castillo, Cordillera del Chucu, and Calovevora, 

 Veragua).— SuMicHRAST, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 548 (hot district, 

 Vera Cruz). 



Coereba cyunea var. carneipes Boucard, Cat. Av., 1876, 239, no. 7444 (Mexico). 



Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes Oberholser, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 33 (crit.; s. Mexico 

 to Panama). 



Al^rhelorhinal brevipes CABAyny., Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 96 (Puerto Cabello, Vene- 

 zuela; coll. Heine Mus. ). 



Coereba brevipes Reichenbach, Handb. Spec. Orn,, 1851, 237. 



Cyanerpes cyanexis brempes Oberholser, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 33 (synonymy; 

 crit. ) . 



Alrbelorhina] eximia Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 96 (Puerto Cabello, Vene- 

 zuela; coll. Heine Mus.). 



Ciereba cyanea eximia Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 287 ( Bucaramanga, 

 Colombia). 



Arbelorhina. cyanea eximia Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, Aug. 12, 

 1896, 679, (Margarita I., Venezuela). — Robinson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 

 1896, 679 (habits).- Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 1898, 143 (Santa 

 Marta, Colombia). 



Cyanerpes cyanea eximea Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xviii, Aug. 25, 1900, 173 

 (Bonda, etc., prov. Santa Marta, Colombia). 



CYANERPES LUCIDUS (Sclater and Salvin). 



SHININa HONEY CREEPER. 



A(hdt male. — Lores, chin, throat, and upper median portion of chest 

 uniform deep black; wings, tail, and thiohs black; rest of plumage 

 plain dull ultramarine or french blue, lighter more azure blue on 

 head; bill black; legs and feet canary yellow in life,^ dull yellowish in 

 dried skins; length (skins), 91.4-109.7 (100.6); wing, 52.1-60.5 (57.4); 

 tail, 26.4-32.3 (29.5); exposed culmen, 15.5-19.6 (18); tarsus, 14-16.3 

 (14.7); middle toe, 9.7-11.4 (10.7)."' 



'Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 488. ''Ten specimens. 



