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



Vestipedes lugens Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 330 

 (Papallacta, eastern Ecuador). 



Range : Ecuador. 

 i: "Ecuador." 



*Vestipedes nigrivestris (Bourcier and Mulsant). Black-breasted 



Puff-leg. 

 Trochilus nigrivestris Bourcier and Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon (2), IV, 



1852, p. 144 (Tumbaro, Ecuador). 

 Eriocnemis nigrivestris Gould, Mon. Trochil., IV, 1858, pi. 276; Elliot, Syn. 



Trochil., 1879, p. 194; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 365 



(Intac; Pichincha; Sarayacu; Cochabamba, Ecuador). 

 Vestipedes nigrivestris Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 331 



(Atacazo and Pichincha, Ecuador). 



Range: Ecuador, 

 i: "Ecuador." 



Vestipedes berlepschi (Harterty. Berlepsch's Puff-leg. 



Eriocnemis berlepschi Hartert, Nov. Zool., IV, 1897, p. 531 (Colombia); Id., 

 Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 148. 



Range: Colombia? Bogota? 



*Vestipedes alinae (Bourcier). Metallic Puff-leg. 



Ornismya alinae Bourcier, Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon, V, 1842, p. 344, pi. 19 



(Tunja). 

 Eriocnemis alinae GovLV, Mon. Trochil., IV, 1859, pi. 280; ELLiOT,'^Syn.jTrochil., 



1879, p. 191; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 363 (Pasto). 

 Vestipedes alinae Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 331 



(Pasto). 



Range: Colombia and northern Ecuador. 

 5: "Ecuador" I ; "Colombia" 4. 



*Vestipedes dybowskii {Taczanowski). Dybowski's Puff-leg. 



Eriocnemis dybowskii Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 39 (Ray- 

 Urmana, Peru); Id., Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 394; Hartert, Das Tierreich, 

 1900, p. 140; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 361, footnote. 



Range: Northern Peru, 

 i: Peru (Uchco). 



• Vestipedes berlepschi (Hartert): A questionable species, while according to 

 Hartert (I.e.) may be distinguished from V. nigrivestris chiefly by its much longer 

 bill (bill from end of feathering 19 mm.); greener upper parts and less bright throat 

 spot. The type was found in a collection of birds supposed to have come from 

 Bogota. It is not improbable that it may represent a race of V. nigrivestris from 

 some unknown locality. 



