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Saucerotia sophicr (not Trochilus sophicr Bourcier and Mulsant) Boucard, 

 Humming Bird, II, 1892, 81 (Santa Marta, in range). 



Amazilia warszewiezi Sai.vin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 222 (Santa 

 Marta. Minca, Atanquez, Manaure, Valencia, and Sierra Nevada de Santa 

 Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 135 ("Santa 

 Marta "). — Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, I, 1899, 78 (San Sebas- 

 tian). 



Amizillis warszewiezi Allen. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 139 

 (Bonda. Minca, and Cacagualito). 



Saiiccrottea warscewiczi (typica) Hartert, Tierreich, Lief. 9, 19°°, 5 2 

 (Santa Marta, in range). 



Saucerottia saucerottei warscewiczi Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XX, 1913, 251 

 (Santa Marta region, in range). — Cory, Field Mus. Zool. Series, XIII, 

 1918, 183 (Santa Marta region, in range). 



Saucerrotea mellisuga warszewiezi Simon, Cat. Fam. Trochilidre, 1921, 333 

 (" Santa Marta "). 



Thirty-two specimens: Bonda, Don Arao, Cincinnati, Agua Dnlce. 

 Mamatoco, La Tigrera, Fundacion, and Dibulla. 



Females of this form have the under tail-coverts grayish, glossed 

 with blue, approaching thus typical saucerottei from western Colombia. 

 No. 38,807, Mamatoco, April 25, a young bird, has the posterior under 

 parts huffy, and the feathers of the lower back tipped with the same 

 color; otherwise it resembles the female. 



Mr. Hellmayr has suggested that Trochilus caligatus Gould {Pro- 

 ceedings Zoological Society of London, 1848, 14) may be an earlier 

 name for this form. It is true that in the original description noth- 

 ing is said about the color of the lower back in particular, but later 

 (Monograph of the Trochilidcc, V, 1861, text to pi. 322) Gould himself 

 says that he could find no difference between his type-specimen, the 

 type-specimen of Trocliilus sopliicv Bourcier and Mulsant, and an au- 

 thentic skin of Hemithylaca hoffmanni Cabanis and Heine. Since the 

 alleged type of Trochilus sophicr is known to belong to the Central. 

 American race Gould's statement is perfectly consistent with the facts 

 in the case. As Gould at the same time recognized warscewiczi as 

 distinct from the form in questi-on it is scarcely probable that he would 

 have misidentified his type of caligatus. It is true that the measure- 

 ments he gives do not agree with those for either the Costa Rican or 

 north Colombian bird, also that the alleged locality (" New Grenada ") 

 raises a further question, but the chances are that the name caligatus 

 belongs to the Central American race at present known as hoffmanni. 



