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Myrtis yarrelli Whitely, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 187; Elliot, Syn, 

 Trochil., 1879, p. 137; Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 311; Salvin, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 418. 



Range: Southern Peru and western Bolivia. 



Genus MYRMIA Mulsant. 



Myrmia Mulsant, Ann. Soc. Linn., Lyon, 1875, XXII, p. 228 (Type Calothorax 

 micrurus Gould). 



*Myrmia micrura Gould. Short-tailed Wood Star. 



Calothorax micrurus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853, p. 109 (Peru); Id., 

 Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1854, pi. 148. 



Acestrura micrura Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 120; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. 

 Mus., XVI, 1892. p. 409. 



Myrmia micrura Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches, IV, 1877, p. 113; Tac- 

 zanowski, Orn. Perou, I, 1884, p. 308; Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, 

 p. 196; Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 340 (Santo 

 Domingo, western Ecuador). 



Range: Northern Peru and western Ecuador; Bolivia? 



i: Peru (Chyion). 



Genus CALLIPHLOX Boie. 



Calliphlox Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 344 (Type Trochilus amethystinus Gmelin). 



*Calliphlox amethystina {Gmelin). Amethyst Hummingbird. 



Trochilus amethystinus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 496 ("Cayenna"). 



Calliphlox amethystina Gould, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1856, pi. 159; Elliot, Syn. 

 Trochil., 1879, p. 130; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 386; 

 Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 268; Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., XIII, 

 1906, p. 379; Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 19 16, p. 424. 



(?) Ornismya othura Lesson, Hist. Nat. Trochil., 1832, pp. 85-88, pis. 28, 29.* 



\})Catharma othura Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 112; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. 

 Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 410; Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 196; Cherrie, 

 Bull. Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sci., II, 1916, p. 299 (crit). 



Trochilus brevicauda Spix, Av. Bras., 1824, p. 79, pi. 80. 



(?) Ornismya amethystoides Lesson, Hist. Nat. Trochil., 1832, p. 79, pi. 25. 



(?) C[alliphlox] roraimae Boucard, Humming Bds., I, 1891, p. 30. 



Range: Guiana, Trinidad, Venezuela, eastern Ecuador and 

 Brazil. 



4: Venezuela (Caracas) i; British Guiana (Roraima i, Merume 



Mts. i); Locality? i.'' 



» Cf. Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., XV, 1908, p. 268, footnote. 



^ An immature male in the Field Museum collection (No. 4553^) labelled Cath- 

 arme othura, c?<, in Boucard's handwriting, has the tail square with white tips to the 

 outer feathers as mentioned by Berlepsch. It is possible it may prove to be a distinct 

 form. 



