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HYLOCHARIS SAPPHIRINA (Gmelin). 

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

 Hylocharis sapphirina Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 84. 



Seen only on the upper river at Nericagua, where it was abun- 

 dant. 



HYLOCHARIS CYANUS VIRIDVENTRIS Berlepsch. 

 Hylocharis cyanea viridiventris Berl., Ibis, 1880. p. 113. 

 Hylocharis cyanus viridiventris Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 85. 



Three taken at Nericagua during April, 1899; not observed at 

 other points along the Orinoco proper. 



Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from Suapure and from La 

 Pricion on the Caura River. 



CHLORESTES COERULEUS (Vieillot). 



Trochilus coeruleus Vieill., Nouv. Diet. VII. 1871. p. 361. 

 Chlorestes coeruleus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 85. 



Common from Altagracia to Munduapo on the upper river; also 

 recorded from Caura River points by Berlepsch and Hartert. 



Eye seal brown ; maxilla and tips of mandible black, basal four-fifths 

 of mandible flesh color; feet dusky. 



CHLOROSTILBON CARIBAEUS NANUS Berlepsch & Hartert. 

 Chlorostilbon caribaeus nanus Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. 



p. 86 (Type, ex Caicara River, Orinoco, Venezuela). 



Abundant at Caicara, where the writer collected the type speci- 

 men (adult male No. 10157 Coll. Geo. K. and Stella M. Cherrie, Cai- 

 cara, Venez. Feb. 19, 1898), now in the Tring Museum (/. *:.) This 

 species was not observed anywhere beyond the falls of Atures. 



Eye dusky ; bill and feet black. 



THALURANIA TSCHUDII Gould. 

 Thalurania tschudii Gould, P. Z. S. 1860. p. 312; Berlepsch & Hartert, 



p. 86. 



Common on the upper river at Munduapo and Nericagua. Not 

 observed elsewhere. 



