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*Heliangelus clarissae (Longuemare) . Longuemare's Sun Angel. 



Ornismya clarissae Longuemare, Rev. Zool., 1841, p. 306 (Bogota). 



Heliangelus clarissae GovLD, Men. Trochil., IV, 1855, pi. 241; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 378; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 89; Berlepsch, Journ. fur Ornith., 

 1884, p. 310; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 160. 



Heliangelus taczanowskii Pelzeln, Ibis, 1877, p. 338. 



Range: Colombia and extreme western Venezuela. 

 13: Colombia (Paramo de Tama, near Venezuelan line 4; "Colom- 

 bia" 8); Venezuela (Paramo de Tama, near Colombian line, i). 



Heliangelus laticlavus Salvin. Salvian's Sun Angel. 



Heliangelus laticlavus Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 160, pi. V, 

 Fig. I (Ecuador) ; Hartert (E. & C.) Nov. Zool., I, 1894, p. 50 (Loja, south- 

 ern Ecuador, alt. 9000 ft.); Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 158. 



Range : Ecuador. 



*Heliangelus amethysticollis {d'Orh. and Lafr.). Amethystine Sun 

 Angel. 



Orthorhynchus amethysticollis d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool. (Syn. 



Av.), Ill, 1838, p. 31 (Yuracares, Bolivia). 

 Heliangelus amethysticollis Gould, Mon. Trochil., IV, 1855, pi. 245; Taczanow- 



SKi, Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 381 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1877, p. 144; Id., Syn. Trochil., 



1879, p. 90; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 161; Simon, Nov. 



Zool., IX, 1902, p. 180; Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902 



(Baeza, eastern Ecuador). 



Range: Bolivia and Peru. 



2: "Bolivia" i; Peru ((Molinopampa) i. 



Heliangelus violicoUis Salvin. Sarayacu Sun Angel. 



Heliangelus violicoUis Salvin, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1891, p. 376 (Ecuador); 

 Id. Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 162, pi. V, Fig. 2 (Sarayacu, Ecuador). 

 Heliotrypha vtolicollis Hartert, Nov. Zool., IV, 1897, p. 532, in text, crit. 

 H[eliangelus] violicoUis Hartert Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 159. 



Range : Ecuador, 



Heliangelus dubius'' Hartert. Hartert's Sun Angel. 



Note. — Authorities differ as to the standing of Heliangelus violicoUis Salvin, 

 H. dubius Hartert, and H. speciosus Salvin. Having no authentic specimens for 

 comparison I have followed Hartert and accepted these species (?) provisionally. 

 In this connection see Hartert, Nov. Zool., IV, 1897, pp. 532-533. 



Heliangelus dubius Hartert, Nov. Zool., IV, 1897, p. 532 (found in a "Bogota" 

 collection); Id., Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 159. 



Range: Colombia. 



■ Heliangelus dubius Hartert: Resembles H. clarissae, but throat violet-blue 

 (not red). 



