igiS. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 251 



Aglaiactis aequatorialis Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Heine, III, i860, p. 70 



(Chimborazo, Ecuador).* 

 Aglaeactis cupreipennis aequatorialis Hartert, Nov. ZooL, V, 1898, p. 495 



(Cayambe, Ecuador); Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902, p. 328 



(Ecuador). 

 Aglaeactis cupripennis cupripennis Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 



1917, p. 299 (Andes of Popayan and Valla de las Pappas, Colombia). 



Range: Colombia and Ecuador. 



7: Colombia (Bogota i, "Colombia" 5); Ecuador 2. 



*Aglaeactis cupripennis parvula^ Gould. Little Sunbeam. 



Aglaeactis parvula Gould, Introd. Trochil., 1861, p. 106 (Peru). 



Aglaeactis cupreipennis var. parvula Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, 



p. 207. 

 Aglaeactis cupreipennis parvula Simon, Nov. Zool., IX, 1902, p. 180 (Huama- 



chuco, Peru). 



Range : Peru. 



2: Peru (Mts. east of Balsas) 2. 



*Aglaeactis caumatonota Gould. Black-throated Sunbeam. 



Aglaeactis caumatonota Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1848, p. 12 (Peru); Id., 

 Mon. Trochil., Suppl., 1880, pi. 49; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 186; 

 Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 351 ; Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902, p. 25 (Maraynioc and Pariayacu, Peru). 



Agleactis olivaceocauda Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., VIII, p. 470 

 (Matara, Prov. d'Ayacucho, Peru). 



Range: Peru. , 



i: "Peru." 



Agleactis castelnaudi Bourcier and Mulsant. Castelnau's Sunbeam. 



Trochilus castelnaudi Bourcier and Mulsant, Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 270 (Cusco). 

 Agleactis castelnaudi Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, 1850, I, p. 73; Gould, Mon. 



Trochil., Ill, 1857, pi. 180; Whitely, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 190; 



Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, 1, 1884, p. 343; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 187; 



Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 351. 



Range: Peru. 



*Agleactis pamela (DVrb. and Lafr.). Pamela's Sunbeam. 



Orthorhynchus pamela D'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool., VIII, 1838 

 (Syn. Av.), p. 29 (Yungas). 



* I cannot distinguish birds from Ecuador and Colombia, the supposed difference 

 in length of bill is not constant, although it may average longer in birds from Ecuador. 

 See also Chapman, I.e. 



^Agleactis cupripennis parvula (Gould): Distinguished from A. c. cupreipennis 

 by its smaller size, the supposed color differences appear to be sHght and variable. 



