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Aglaeactis pamela Gould, Mon. TrochiL, III, 1856, pi. 181 ; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 

 1879; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 352; Berlepsch, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 63, in text (Iquico). 



Range: Bolivia. 

 2: "BoHvia." 



Aglaeactis aliciae^ Salvin. Alice's Sunbeam. 



Aglaeactis aliciae Salvin, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, V, 1896, p. XXIV (Suecha, 

 northern Peru, Alt. 10,000 ft.); Baron, Nov. Zool., IV, 1897, pi. i, Figs. 1-2. 



Range: Andes of northern Peru. 



Genus BOISSONNEAUA Reichenbach. 



Boissonneaua Reichenbach, Aufz. d. Col., (March) 1854, P- n (Type Trochilus 



flavescens Loddegesia). 

 Panopliies Govdd, Mon. Trochil., II (Oct.), 1854, pi. 112 (Type T. flavescens). 



*Boissonneaua jardinii (Bourcier). Jardine's Coronet. 



Trochilus jardinii Bourcier, Compt. Rend., XXII, 1851, p. 187 (Warm regions 



in forests near Nanegal, Ecuador). 

 Panopliies jar dini Gould, Mon. Trochil., II, 1854, pi. 112; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 



1879, p. 53; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 372. 

 Boissonneaua jardinii Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 328 



(Nanegal, western Ecuador); Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 



1917. P- 300 (N6vita Trail and Buena Vista, western Andes, Colombia). 



Range: Andes of Ecuador and southwestern Colombia. 

 i: "Ecuador." 



*Boissonneaua matthewsi {Bourcier). Matthews Coronet. 



TrochilusmaUhewsiBo\]ViCi^Vi,'Proc. Zool. Soc.Lond., 1847, p. 43 ("LePerou"). 



Panopliies matthewsi Gould, Mon. Trochil., II, 1854, P^- 113; Whitely, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, 1873, P- 784; Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 295; Elliot, 

 Syn. Trochil., 1879, P- 54; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 373. 



Boissonneaua matthewsi Simon, Nov. Zool., IX, 1902, p. 180 (Motil and Huama- 

 chuco, Peru) ; Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902, p. 25 

 (Garita del Sol and Culumachay, Peru) ; Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XXIV, 1902, p. 328 (Baeza, eastern Ecuador). 



Range: North Peru and Ecuador. 

 i: "Ecuador." 



"Aglaeactis aliciae Salvin: Allied to A. castelnaudi, but diflFers in having a bar 

 of green feathers across base of upper tail coverts and the amethystine feathers of 

 lower back with a more reddish tint; tail dark coppery with base of the shaft white; 

 outer web of outer tail feather and under tail coverts white; a distinct white patch 

 on the throat and chin. Wing, 3.4; middle tail feathers, 1.5; lateral ones, 1.8. 



