1918. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 215 



*Thalurania eriphile eriphile* (Lesson). Lesson's Wood Nymph. 



Ornismya eriphile Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, SuppL, 1832, p. 148, pi. 25 



("Bresil"). 

 Thalurania eriphile Gould, Mon. Trochil., II, 1858, pi. 108; Elliot, Syn. 



Trochil., 1879, p. loi ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 80; Chubb, 



Ibis, 1910, p. 269. 

 Thalurania eriphile eriphile Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 76. 



Range: Southeast Brazil and Paraguay. 



11: Brazil (Rio das Velhas, Minas Geraes 9; Lagoa Santa i; Sao 

 Marcello, Rio Preto, Bahia i). 



Thalurania eriphile baeri** Hellmayr. Baer's Wood Nymph. 



Thalurania eriphile baeri Hellmayr, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club., XXI, 1907, p. 27 



(Goyez); Id., Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, pp. 75-77. 

 Thalurania baeri Simon, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., 1912, No. 8, p. 501 (Cambara, 



Matto Grosso). 



Range: Central Brazil and Bolivia. 



Thalurania balzani*" Simon. Bolivian Wood Nymph. 



Thalurania balzani Simon, Nov. Zool., Ill, 1896, p. 259 (Yungas, Bolivia); 

 Hartert, Ibis, 1897, p. 432, in text; HelijiIAYr, Nov. Zool., XIV, 1907, 

 p. 396; Id., XV, 1908, p. 77; Id., XVII, 1910, p. 376. 



Range : Eastern Bolivia, west Brazil (east to Tapajos River, region) . 



*Thalurania watertoni (Bourcier). Waterton's Wood Nymph. 



Trochilus watertoni Bourcier, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1847, p. 44 ("Mibiri 



Creek, a 40 mille de la riviere Essiquibo"). 

 Thalurania watertoni Goltld, Mon. Trochil., II, 1856, pi. 100; Elliot, Syn. 



Trochil., 1879, p. loi; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 78. 



Range: Eastern Brazil, 

 i: "Brazil." 



Genus EUPHERUSA Gould. 



Eupherusa Gould, Mon. Trochil., XIV, 1857, pi. 324 (Type Ornismya eximia 

 Delattre). 



*Eupherusa eximia eximia (Delattre). Stripe-tailed Hummingbird. 



Ornismya eximia Delattre, Echo du monde Savant, 1843, p. 1069 (Coban, 

 Guatemala). 



® Thalurania eriphile eriphile Lesson: Under tail coverts bluish black or dark 

 bronze green, sometimes narrowly tinged with whitish; front of crown glittering 

 green; vertex of crown dark bronze green. 



'' Thalurania eriphile baeri Hellmayr : Under tail coverts pure white, sometimes 

 smaller ones with small marks of bluish black or dark bronze green; crown like in 

 T. e. eriphile (Lesson). 



" Thalurania balzani Simon : Whole crown (including forehead) dark dull bronze 

 green, like the back; under tail coverts like in T. e. baeri Hellmayr. 



