34 Oberholser, The Blue Honey-Creepers. [j^ 



Cyanerpes caeruleus ^Linnccus) . 



Certhia ccerulea Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, I, 118. 



Certhia ochrochlora Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 17SS, I, i, 472. 



Certhia surinamensis Latham, Ind. Orn., 1790, I, 295. 



Coereba cairulca Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 1817, XIV, 45. 



Arbelorhina caerulca Cabanis, in Schomb. Reise in Brit. Guiana, 1S48, 

 III, 675. 



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



Ccereba brevirostris Sclater, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, 1S61, 53. 



Coereba coerulea microrhyncha Berlepsch, Journ. f. Orn., 1884, 2S7. 



Arbelorhina coerulea microrhyncha Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 1898, XII, 143. 



Geoff. Dist. — South America, from Bolivia to Colombia, Venezuela 

 and British Guiana. 



Material now at hand does not seem to warrant the recognition 

 of a subspecies microrhyncha ; but should this form eventually 

 prove distinct it ought probably to bear the name brevirostris 

 Cabanis. 



Cyanerpes caeruleus longirostris (Cabanis). 



Arbelorhina longirostristris (err. typ.) Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1S50, I, 

 96. 



Coereba longirostris Finsch, P. Z. S., 1870, 561. 



Geog. Dist. — Trinidad and the coast of Venezuela from Caracas 

 eastward. 



There seems to be little doubt that the birds from Trinidad 

 are identical with those from Caracas, whence came the type of 

 Arbelorhina longirostris Cabanis ; but should this prove not to be 

 the case the Trinidad form will require to be named. The pres- 

 ent subspecific distinction is based on Trinidad specimens, which 

 differ from true cczruleus of Guiana chiefly in the conspicuously 

 greater length of bill. 



Cyanerpes lucidus (Sclater <£• Salvin). 



Coereba lucida Sclater & Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 14. 



Arbelorhina lucida Heine & Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1882, 

 60. 



Geog. Dist. — Central America, from Guatemala to Panama. 



