326 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi.xxiv. 
HELIANTHEA FULGIDIGULA (Gould). 
Botircieriafulgidigula Govho, Mon. Troch., IV, 1854, p. 252. 
Helianthea fulgidignla Hartert, Tierreich, IX, 1900, p. 131. 
Twentj-onc specimens, from the following' localities in western 
Eouudov: Canzacota; lower west side of Pichincha; lower west side 
of Corazon; Mindo, west side of Pichincha; and above Milligalli. 
There is considerable individual variation in the oreen of the throat, 
and as well in the metallic crown patch, this latter ranging- from violet 
purple to greenish blue. 
Confined to the western side of the western Andes, and were common and in good 
pknnage at Canzacota in September. They frequent the more open parts of the 
mountain sides, and in the morning were generally seen sitting about sunning them- 
selves. Local name, "Cravata blanca." 
HELIANTHEA COELIGENA COLUMBIANA (Elliot). 
Lampropygia columbiana Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 57. 
Helianthea coeligena columbiana Hartert, Tierreich, IX, 1900, p. 132. 
Seventeen specimens, all from Baeza, east Ecuador. They seem to 
be identical with birds from Colombia. 
Confined to the eastern side of the eastern Andes, and were common at Baeza in 
March. 
HELIANTHEA WILSONI (Delattre and Bourcier). 
Trochilus mlsoni Delattre and Bourcier, Rev. ZooL, 1846, p. 305. 
Helianthea wilsoni Hartert, Tierreich, IX, 1900, p. 133. 
Seven specimens from Milligalli, west Ecuador, The one imma- 
ture female is noticeablv darker throughout than the adult of the 
same sex. 
Confined to the western Andes. 
DIPHOGENA' IRIS (Gould). 
Helianthea iris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1853, p: 61. 
Diphogena iris Gould, Mon. Troch., IV^, 1854, pi. ccxlvii. 
This magnificent species is represented in the collection by a single 
adult male, from the west side of Pichincha, Ecuador. 
Lower west side of Pichincha, at about 7,500 feet. They are very rapid flyers and 
difficult to shoot as they dart in and out among the rocks of the narrow torrents and 
ravines. 
DIPHOGENA HESPERUS Gould. 
Diphlogpcna hesperus Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., XV, 1865, p. 129. 
Tw^o specimens, from Mindo, west Ecuador. One of these is an 
immature male and differs from the adult of the same sex in the fol- 
lowing particulars, indicating a condition almost adult: The lower 
parts are duller, owing principally to butfy and rufous edgings, par- 
' Diphogena is the original spelling. 
