1918. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 257 



*Vestipedes aureliae aureliae (Bourcier and Mulsant). Aurelia's 

 Puff-leg. 



Trochilus aureliae Bourcier and Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon, IX, 1846, 

 p. 315, pi. 10 (Bogota). 



Eriocnemis aureliae GovhB, Mon. Trochil., 1855, IV, pi. 283; Elliot, Syn. Troch., 

 1879, p. 190; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 370, part. 



Vestipedes aureliae aureliae Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 1917, 

 p. 302 (Barro Blanco; La Candela; San Agustin; El Roble; El Pinon, Col- 

 ombia). 



Range: Eastern Colombia (from eastern slope of central Andes). 

 8: "Colombia." 



Vestipedes aureliae caucensis* Simon. Simon's Puff-leg. 



Eriocnemis aureliae caucensis Simon, Rev. Franc. d'Orn., No. 28, August, 191 1, 

 p. 130 (San Antonio, 1900 met., western Andes, Colombia); Chapman, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 1917, p. 302, crit. (San Antonio; Cerro Munchi- 

 que; Gallera; Andes west of Popayan; Miraflores; Salento, western Colombia). 



Range: Western Colombia (from western slope of the central 

 Andes) . 



*Vestipedes assimilis {Elliot). Brown-booted Puff-leg. 



Eriocnemis assimilis Elliot, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, I, 1876, p. 227 ("Apollo 

 and Tilotilo," Bolivia); Id., Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 189; Salvin, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 371. 



Eriocnemis affinis Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 396. 



Range: Bolivia and Peru. 

 I : "Bolivia." 



*Vestipedes russata {Gould). Buff Puff-leg. 



Eriocnemis russata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 505 (Ecuador); 

 Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 370; Hartert, Nov. Zool., II, 

 1895, p. 69; Id., Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 147. 



Range: Eastern Ecuador, 

 i: "Ecuador." 



*Vestipedes lugens {Gould). Hoary Puff-leg. 



Eriopus lugens Gould, Contr. Orn., 1851, p. 140 (Quito). 



Eriocnemis lugens Gould, Mon. Trochil., IV, 1854, pi. 282; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 

 1879, p. 190; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 371; (Baisa, 

 Ecuador); E. & C. Hartert, Nov. Zool., I, 1894, p. 60 (Rio Patassa, 

 east of Andes, Ecuador). 



Eriocnemis squamata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., i860, p. 311 (Ecuador).** 



" Vestipedes aureliae caucensis Simon: Similar to V. a. aureliae, but abdomen 

 more extensively white and anterior under parts margined with whitish instead of 

 buffy; tibial tuft white (without tinge of tawny). 



^ Cf. Hartert, Nov. Zool., I, 1894, p. 60, in text. 



