176 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



Phaethornis Cassinii Lawrence 



Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 8: 347 (not earlier than June 25), 1866. 

 =Phaethornis superciliosus cassinii Lawrence. See Peters, Checklist of 

 birds of the world 5: 9, 1945. 



17918. Adult male. Turbo, Department of Antioquia, Colombia. Entered 

 into the museum register on July 25, 1860. Collected by Arthur C. V. 

 Schott. Original number 360. U.S. Survey of the Atrato River. 



17919. Adult female. Cartagena, Department of Bolivar, Colombia. 

 Entered into the museum register on July 25, 1860. Collected by 

 Arthur C. V. Schott. Original number 4. U.S. Survey of the Atrato 

 River. 



In his remarks Lawrence wrote as follows: "Spec, in Mus. Smith. Inst., 

 No. of type 17918. Two specimens examined are neither in good condition, 

 but they do not differ in plumage. One (No. 17918) from Turbo is marked 

 as a male, but being in the poorest order, I have taken the one marked as a 

 female for the type." 



From this one must adjudge the author's first use of 17918 a misprint for 

 17919. However, if one of these two badly made specimens can be said to 

 be in poorer condition than the other, it is No. 17919, the female, which 

 differs primarily in having the tail without the elongated central rectrices 

 and half of the lateral feathers. 



The diagnosis is allegedly based on the female, but there we find the color 

 of the central tail feathers described and must assume that this character 

 was taken from No. 17918, the male. In short, the description fits two speci- 

 mens that "do not differ in plumage," and is obviously at least in part a 

 composite one or wholly based on the male. 



When, in addition, we find that each bears on its label in Lawrence's hand 

 the word "Type," it seems necessary here, without further discussion of the 

 author's real intentions, to list both examples as cotypes. 

 Phaethornis augusti curiosiis Wetmore 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 69 (19) : 125, September 12, 1956. 

 383539. Adult female. Atanques (elev. 2,500 feet), Department of 

 Magdalena, Colombia. May 30, 1945. Collected by Melbourne A. 

 Carriker, Jr. Original number 6120. 

 Phaethornis adolphei fraterciihus Nelson 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60(3) : 9, September 27, 1912. 

 Phaethornis adolplii nelsoni Bangs and Barbour 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 65 : 204, September 1922. 

 =Phaethornis longuemareus subrufescens Chapman. See Peters, Check- 

 list of birds of the world 5: 15, 1945. 

 232530. Adult male. Santa Cruz de Cana (at elev. 2,000 feet) , Province 

 of Darien, Panama. February 28, 1912. Collected by Edward A. Gold- 

 man. Original number 15230. Received from the U.S. Fish and Wild- 

 life Service. 



