TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 177 



Phaethornis adolphi nelsoni is a new name for P. adolphei fraterculus 

 Nelson, 1912, not P. fraterculus Gould, 1861, and is based upon the same type 

 specimen. 



Genus CAMPYLOPTERUS Swainson 



Pampa pampa excellens Wetmore 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 54: 207, December 8, 1941. 



=Campylopterus curvipennis excellens (Wetmore). See Peters, Checklist 

 of birds of the world 5 : 19, 1945. 



359708. Adult male. Volcan San Martin (at about 3,300 feet), Sierra de 

 Tuxtla, State of Veracruz, Mexico. April 22, 1940. Collected by Mel- 

 bourne A. Carriker, Jr. Original number 799. 



Genus FLORISUGA Bonaparte 



Florlsuga mellivora tobagensis Ridgway 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 23 : 55, April 19, 1910. 

 =Florisuga mellivora flahellijera (Gould) . See Peters, Checklist of birds 



of the world 5: 22, 1945. 

 74908. Adult male. Tobago Island, Caribbean Sea. 1878 (entered into 



the museum register on September 18) . Collected by Frederick A. Ober. 



Genus ANTHRACOTHORAX Boie 



Lampornis thalassinus Ridgway 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 3 :23, February 26, 1885. 

 :=Anthracothorax prevostii prevostii (Lesson). See Ridgway, Birds of 



North and Middle America 5: 463, 465, 1911. 

 102796. Adult male. Cozumel Island, Caribbean Sea oif the eastern coast 



of the State of Yucatan, Mexico. January 24, 1885. Collected by 



James E. Benedict and Thomas Lee. Received from the U.S. Fish 



Commission. 

 Anthracothorax violicauda pinchoti Wetmore 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43 : 7, March 12, 1930. 

 =Anthracothorax prevostii pinchoti Wetmore. See Peters, Checklist of 



birds of the world 5; 25, 1945. 

 313803. Adult male. San Andres Island, Caribbean Sea off Nicaragua. 



April 27, 1929. Collected by Albert K. Fisher. Original number 7414. 



Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929). 



Genus POPELAIRIA Reichenbach 



Popelairia conversii salvini "Zeledon (manuscript)" Ridgway 



Birds of North and Middle America 5: 680 (footnote), November 29, 

 1911. 

 =Popelairia conversii (Bourcier and Mulsant). See Peters, Checklist of 

 birds of the world 5 : 34-35, 1945. 



