1918. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 301 



Ornismya cyanopogon (nee. Lesson, 1829) d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, Mag. 



Zool., II, 1838, p. 28. 

 Calothorax mulsanti Gould, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1851, pi. 145. 

 Acestrura mulsanti Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1879, P- HQ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 406. 

 Chaeiocercus mulsanti Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 208; Oberholser, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, p. 341, crit. (Corazon; Pichincha; Jambaco, 



near Quito; west Ecuador and Papallacta, east Ecuador); Chapman, Bull. 



Am. Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 19 17, p. 311 (Barro Blanco, Colombia). 



Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. 

 7: Colombia 5; Ecuador (Quito) i; Bolivia i. 



*Chaetocercus heliodor (Bourcier). Heliodor's Wood Star. 



Ornismya heliodor Bourcier, Rev. Zool., Ill, 1840, p. 295 (Bogota). 



Ornismya heliodori Bourcier, Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon, V, 1842, p. 308, pis. 15, 20. 



Calothorax heliodori Gould, Mon. Trochil., Ill, 1851, pi. 147. 



Acestura heliodori Elliot, Syn. Trochil., 1900, p. 120; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 408. 

 Calothorax decoratus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., i860, p. 309. 

 Chaetocercus heliodor Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 208; Chapman, BuU. Am. 



Mus. N. H., XXXVI, 1917, p. 312 (San Augustin; Miraflores, Colombia). 



Range: Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. 



1 7 : Colombia (Bogota i, "Colombia" 6) ; Venezuela (near Merida) 10. 



Chaetocercus astreans'" (Bangs). Bang's Wood Star. 



Acestura astreans Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, I, 1899, p. 76 (San Sebas- 

 tian, Sierra de Santa Martat, Colombia, alt. 6000 ft.). 



Range: Northern Colombia. 



Chaetocercus burmeisteri Sclater. Burmeister's Wood Star. 



Chaetocercus burmeisteri Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, p. 638 (" Valle de 

 Tafe, Tucuman, Argentine); Sclater and Hudson, Argent. Orn., II, 1889, 

 p. 2, pi. II; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, p. 415; Burmeister, 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 384; Lonnberg, Ibis, 1903, p. 445, footnote, crit. (Quinto); 

 Hartert, Das Tierreich, 1900, p. 209; Hartert and Venturi, Nov. Zool., 

 XVI, 1909, p. 223. 



Range: Northwestern Argentina. 



*Chaetocercus rosae (Bourcier and Mulsant). Crimson-throated 

 Wood Star. 

 Trochilus rosae Bourcier and Mulsant, Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, IX, 1846, 

 p. 316 (Caracas). 



* Chaetocercus astreans (Bangs) : Nearest to C. heliodor, but adult males differ 



from that species in having the back, rump, upper tail coverts, abdomen and under 



tail coverts shining metallic blue, the head only being green; metallic feathers of the 



^., throat less violet. Adult females differ in having upper tail coverts green like the 



^' back (not rufous as in heliodor) and two middle tail feathers green (instead of rufous 



with a black bar like the rest of the rec trices). 



