FAMILY TROCHILIDAE 363 



series taken by Goldman I have seen 1 other, in the Gorgas Memorial 

 Laboratory, taken by Dr. Pedro Galindo on August 2, 1965. 



Simon (Hist. Nat. Trochilidae, 1921, p. 374) listed Nelson's de- 

 scription of this well-marked form in the synonomy of his race cau- 

 censis, which he had described from western Colombia, though there 

 is no indication that he had seen a specimen. This action was followed 

 by Griscom, so that the Pirre subspecies until now has had no recogni- 

 tion since its description. The original series is intact in the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



HAPLOPHAEDIA AURELIAE GALINDOI Wetmore 



Haplophaedia aureliae galindoi Wetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 80, 

 December 1, 1967, p. 232. (Cerro Mali, 1,425 meters elevation, Serrania del 

 Darien, Darien, Panama.) 



Characters. — In general like Haplophaedia a. floccus, but darker 

 green above and below ; upper tail coverts darker ; female with white 

 edgings on feathers of lower surface narrower, less prominent, so 

 that the spotting is heavier. 



Measurements. — Males (10 from Cerro Mali and Cerro Tacar- 

 cuna), wing 59.9-63.5 (61.5), tail 38.5-40.3 (39.0), culmen from base 

 20.0-21.7 (20.5) mm. 



Females (4 from Cerro Mali and Cerro Tacarcuna), wing 55.7- 

 57.8 (56.8), tail 34.3-35.2 (34.7), culmen from base 20.0-20.8 (20.3) 

 mm. 



Resident. Common in the Subtropical Zone on Cerro Mali and 

 Cerro Tacarcuna, Darien, on the latter mountain ranging across the 

 divide from the head of Rio Tacarcuna, on the Darien slope to the 

 head of Rio Cuti, Choco, in Colombia. 



A male taken on Cerro Mali, February 21, 1964, had the iris dark 

 brown ; the portion of the cutting edge of the mandible concealed 

 in the closed bill within the maxilla, dull yellow; rest of bill black; 

 tarsus and toes fuscous ; claws black. 



A female collected at the same point, on February 20, had the 

 front of the tarsus and the top of the toes dark brown; back of the 

 tarsus and underside of the toes dull buffy white. 



An immature male differs from a specimen of H. a. caucensis 

 in similar stage, from La Bodega, Antioquia, Colombia, in being 

 definitely blacker on f oreneck and breast. 



These hummingbirds were forest inhabitants that ranged in the 

 undergrowth, where they fed at small red flowers that were in bloom, 



