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8 Florisuga mellivora (L.) ex Tres Marias; name correct, locality erroneous. 

 No 25851, male, Tres Marias Islands, July, 1861 (John Xantus). 



As in the' case of other specimens of Hamming-birds forwarded by J. 

 Xantus and labeled as having been collected in the Tres Marias Islands 

 I believe this locality to be clearly erroneous. The specimen of F. mel- 

 livora in question is apparently of the same make as the skin of Urano- 

 I Lira guatemalensis, also said to be from Tres Marias. Both skins may 

 have really come from Guatemala. The Florisuga specimen is a young- 

 male in imperfect plumage. 



9. Helianthea lutetiae (Del. & Bourc.) ezPopayan; correct, 

 No. 29277, male, Popayan (D. G. Elliot). 



This bird agrees with specimens from Quito in Museum. H. v. B. 



in Thalurania glaucopis (Gml.) ex Tres Marias; name correct, locality erroneous. 

 No S" male, tL Marias Islands, July, 1861 (John Xantus). Type of lfc 

 Imiw, Lawr. 



I quite agree with the opinion expressed by Messrs. Elliot and Ridg- 

 wav viz that the bird in question belongs to Th. glaucopis (Gml.), 

 male juvenile, the locality, Tres Marias, being no doubt erroneous. 

 The skin is of the unmistakable make of all Rio skins, which are sent 

 in large numbers annually to the great markets of Europe. The yellow 

 spot on the under mandible, mentioned by Mr. Lawrence as the chief 

 distinguishing character of his Th. luckv, only presents itself on one 

 side of the under mandible and is simply the result of an injury, the 

 rhamphotheca on that part having been rubbed away. 

 - 11. Thalurania eriphile (Less.) ex Rio Grande do Sul; name correct, locality 

 probably erroneous. 

 No. 68314,' male, Rio Grande do Sul (Albuquerque). 

 Agrees with a specimen from Bahia in Museum H. v. B. I much 

 doubt the correctness of the habitat Rio Grande do Sul, this species 

 not having been stated to occur so far south. 

 -12. Cephalolepis delalandi (Vieill.) ftcfiio Grande do Sul; naYne correct, locality 

 probably erroneous. 

 No. 68313, male, Rio Grande do Sul (Albuquerque). 

 This is true C. delalandi, agreeing with specimens from Rio de Ja- 

 neiro The locality, Rio Grande do Sul, has not yet been mentioned 

 for this species, and I do not believe it occurs there, as that province is 

 the home of C. loddigesi. 

 I 13 Aglaeactis caumatonota (Gould) « Peru; correct. 



No. 39931, Matara Ayacucho, October 22, 1864 (Walter S. Church). Type oi A. 

 olivaceocauda Lawr. 

 This specimen appears not to be different from true A. caumatonota 

 Gld. the type of which came likewise from Peru. 



14. Uranomitra quadricolor (Vieill.) ex Mazatlan -not of Vieillot= U. ellioti Berl. 

 No. 115288. Mazatlan in summer. 



This is evidently the species named U. quadricolor by Mr. D. G. 

 Elliot, but it is not the quadricolor of Yieillot, which I believe to be the 

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