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Heliothryx aurita (Gmelin). 

 Trochilus auritus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 493. 

 Hcliothrix aurita Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 



Rare. One specimen taken at Maipures. Berlepsch and 

 Hartert record specimens collected by both Klages and Andre at 

 points on the Caura River. 



Anthoscenus longirostris longirostris (Audeb & Vieillot). 

 Trochilus longirostris And. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. I. 1802. p. 128, PL 59. 

 Floricola longirostris Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 



Rare. One specimen taken at Maipures ; also recorded by Ber- 

 lepsch and Hartert from Suapure and La Pricion on the Caura River. 



Calliphlox amethystina (Gmelin). 

 Trochilus amethystinus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 496. 



Calliphlox amethystina Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 



Not observed on my first expedition to the Orinoco, but not un- 

 common at Caicara, both in 1905 and 1907. The specimens secured 

 were feeding about the flowers of low bushes just along a path at the 

 edge of the dark forest. 



Eye dusky; bill and feet blackish. 



Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from Suapure on the Caura 

 River. 



Catharma orthura (Lesson). 

 Ornismya orthura Lesson, Hist. Nat. Troch., p. 85, 88 t. 28, 29 (1832). 

 On my first expedition to the Orinoco this species was not ob- 

 served, but in 1905, and in J 907, during May and June, it was not 

 uncommon about Caicara. The females collected do not have the red 

 apical spots on the throat feathers. On the other hand each feather 

 of the throat has the tip green, similar in shade to the back, and nar- 

 rowly edged with bufif. The forward parts of the cheeks are white, 

 and the dusky spots below the eye blend into the dusky greenish 

 feathers of the lower throat forming an ill-defined band across the 

 lower throat. The outer rectrices are tipped with cinnamon. 



Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert) 

 Trochilus ornatus Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783. p. 39. 

 Lophornis ornatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 



