igS Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. XIII. 

 *Hylocharis cyanus rostrata* (Boucard). Large-billed Sapphire. 



Hylocharis rostrata Boucard, Gen. Humming Birds, 1895, p. 400 (Rioja). 

 Hylocharis cyanus rostrata Hartert, Nov. Zool., V, 1898, p. 520; Simon, Bull. 



Mus. d'Hist. Nat., 1912, No. 8, p. 501 (Cambara, Matto Grosso). 

 H. cyanus rostrata Hartert, Das Tierreich, Trochil., 1900, p. 67 (Rioja, Peru; 



Rio Beni, Bolivia). 

 Range: East Peru, east Bolivia and western Brazil. 

 4: Peru (Rioja 2, Moyobamba i, Iquitos i). 



*Hylocharis cyanus viridiventris '' (Berlepsch). Green- vented Sap- 

 phire. 

 Hylocharis viridiventris Berlepsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 113 (Merida); Chubb, Bds. 



Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 400. 

 Hylocharis cyanus viridiventris Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., 1898, p. 520; Id., XHI, 

 1906, p. 376; Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 267; Stone, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1913, p. 202 (Cariaquito, Venezuela). 



Range: Venezuela, Guiana and northern Brazil. 



4: (Surinam, near Paramaribo, 2; British Guiana 2). 



*Hylocharis sapphirina sapphirina {GmeL). Guiana Sapphire. 



Trochilus sapphirina Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 496 (Guiana). 



Hylocharis sapphirina Gould, Mon. Trochil., V (1852), i860, p. 342; Elliot, 



Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 236; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 245; 



Hartert, Nov. Zool., V, 1898, p. 520, in text; Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XIII, 



1906, p. 376; Id., XVII, 1910, p. 375; Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, 



p. 400. 

 Hylocharis guianensis Boucard, The Humming Bird, I, 1891, p. 52 (British 



Guiana). 



Range: Gtiiana and Venezuela to N. E. Brazil. 

 3: British Guiana (Annai 2, Potaro i). 



*Hylocharis sapphirina latirostris •= (Wied.). Maximilian's Sapphire. 



Trochilus latirostris Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., IV, I, 1832, p. 64 (Belmonte, 



Bahia). 

 Hylocharis latirostris Brabourne and Chubb, Bds. S. Am., I, 1912, p. 117. 

 Hylocharis brasiliensis Boucard, The Humming Bird, III, 1893, P- 7 



(Brazil). 

 Hylocharis sapphirina Goeldi, Alb. de Aves Amazon, pt. 3, 1905, pi. 45. 



Range: Eastern Brazil. S. Brazil. ? N. Argentine. ? 

 3: Brazil (Bahia i, "Brazil" 2). 



" Hylocharis cyanus rostrata Boucard: Back, and rump less coppery; abdomen 

 deeper green; head and throat somewhat lighter. 



^ Hylocharis cyanus viridiventris Berlepsch : Coloration more bluish and less 

 golden green. 



"Hylocharis sapphirina latirostris (Wied): Larger; bill and wing longer; upper 

 parts more golden green; breast more bluish. 



