igi8. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory, 271 



Metallura ihyrianthina harterti Schluter, Falco Halle, IX, No. 3, 1913 (October), 

 p. 42 (Merida, Andes of Venezuela). 



Range: Andes of Venezuela. 

 fio: Venezuela (near Merida). 



*Metallura tyrianthina quitensis Gould.^ Quito Tyrian-tail. 



Metallura quitensis Gould, Introd. Trochil., 1861, p. 112 (Ecuador). 

 Metallura tyrianthina quitensis Hartert (E. & CI.) Nov. Zool., I, 1894, p. 48 



(Ecuador). 

 Laticauda tyrianthina quttensis Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, 



p. 335 (Pichincha; Jambello, etc., Ecuador). 



Range: Ecuador. 

 2: "Ecuador." 



*Metallura smaragdinicoUis smaragdinicollis (d'Orb. and Lafr.). Vio- 

 let-tail. 



Orthorhynchus smaragdinicollis d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, Syn. Avi., II, 1838, 



p. 31 (Yungas, Bolivia). 

 Metallura smaragdinicollis Gould, Mon. Trochil., 1859, pi. 196; Taczanowski, 



Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 356; Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 166; Salvin, Cat. 



Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 154. 



Range: Bolivia and Peru. 



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



Metallura smaragdinicollis districta Bangs.^ Bang's Violet-tail. 



Metallura districta Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, 1899, p. 94 (Santa Marta, 

 Colombia). 



Range: Northern Colombia. 



Metallura smaragdinicollis septentrionalis'= Hartert. Hartert's Vio- 

 let-tail. 



Metallura smaragdinicollis septentrionalis Hartert, Nov. Zool., VI, 1899, p. 73 

 (Cajabamba, Peru); Simon, Nov. Zool., IX, 1902, p. 181 (Prov. Huamachuco; 

 Prov. Pataz, Peru); Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 165. 



Range: Northern Peru. 



^Metallura tyrianthina quitensis Gould: Differs from M. t. tyrianthina in its 

 more brownish (less greenish) under parts and bill and wing longer. 



'' Metallura smaragdinicoUis districta Bangs: Males. Similar to M. s. smarag- 

 dinicollis but rectrices wider; color of tail more purplish (less violet); under tail 

 coverts buffy. Females. — Throat and breast paler and more uniform and under 

 parts less spotted with green. 



° Metallura smaragdinicollis septentrionalis Hartert: Differs from M. s. smarag- 

 dinicollis in being lighter green above and coloration much paler below, the tips of 

 the feathers being pale greenish bronze and smaller, thus showing more of the buffy 

 subterminal color of the feathers. 



