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Coereba cyanea Vieiixot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 1S17, XIV, 44. 



Arbelorhina cyanea Cabanis, in Schomb. Reise in Brit. Guiana, 184S, 

 III, 675. 



Geog. Dist. — South America, from southern Brazil and Bolivia to 

 Trinidad and central Colombia. 



Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes {Sclater). 



Ccereba carneipes Sclater, P. Z. S., 1859, 376. 



Geog. Dist. — Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama. 



This race differs from typical cyaneus in the color of the females, 

 which are noticeably darker and more yellowish green below. 



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Cyanerpes cyaneus brevipes (Cabanis). 



Arbelorhina brevipes Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1850, I, 96. 



Arbelorhina eximia Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1850, I, 96. 



Coereba brevipes Reichexbach, Handb. Spec. Orn., 1851, 237. 



Coereba eximia Reichexbach, Handb. Spec. Orn., 1S51, 237. 



Arbelorhina cyanea eximia Robixsox, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1895, 

 XVIII, 679. 



Geog. Dist. — Caribbean coast of Colombia and Venezuela; islands of 

 Cuba and Tobago. 



This form, whenever recognized, has usually been called eximia ; 

 but the name brevipes undoubtedly applies to the same bird, 

 being from the same locality ; and, as it stands first on the page, 

 should be adopted. Although Cabanis states his Arbelorhina 

 brevipes to be smaller than cyaneus, whereas his Arbelorhina 

 eximia is larger, this discrepancy can apparently be accounted for 

 by individual variation, — in fact, to the difference in length of 

 bill among specimens from the mainland of Venezuela, Dr. C. W. 

 Richmond has already called attention l . 



From cyaneus proper the present race may be distinguished by 

 the darker, more yellowish color of the lower surface in the 

 females ; and from both cyaneus and carneipes by the considerably 

 greater length of bill. 



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