1186 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



to belong to the present species, for in coloration it closely 

 resembles several Bogota skins in corresponding stage. 



E. aurelicB is well-known as an inhabitant of the mountains of 

 Colombia. 



149. Urosticte benjamini Bourc. 



TrocMlus Benjamini Bourcier, Compt. Rend. Ac. Sci. Paris, 

 xxxii. no. 6, Febr. p. 187 (1851 — " les regions chauds des 

 environs de Gualea," W. Ecuador). 



No. — ( S ) ad. La Selva, Rio Jamaraya, 4600 ft., Oct. 09.— 

 Wing 52 : tail 35 ; bill 23 mm. 



Compared with specimens from Western Ecuador this bird has 

 a decidedly longer bill and more white along the middle of the 

 belly. From a single skin it is difficult to say whether these 

 divergencies are of any importance. 



Like ordinary benjamini the specimen from La Selva has a 

 large lilac praepectoral spot. 



So far as I am aware this is the first Colombian record of 

 U. benjamini, although it is fairly common in Ecuador on both 

 sides of the Andes. 



150. Heliangelus exortis Fras. 



TrocMlus exortis Eraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 14 (1840.— Guaduas, 

 Colombia). 



Heliotrypha parzudahii Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 529 

 (Santa Elena). 



No. 2792. d ad. Tatama Mountain, 8000 ft., 12.X.09.— 

 Wing 69 ; tail 49 ; bill 17 mm. 

 " Iris, feet, and bill black." 



A common bird in the mountains of Colombia and northern 

 Ecuador. Palmer's specimen agrees well with Bogota skins. 



151. Heliothrix barroti Bourc. & Muls. 



Trochilus Barroti Bourcier et Mulsant, Ann. Sci. phys. et nat., 

 dAgric. etc. Lyon, vi. p. 48 (1843.— " Carthagene," Colombia). 



Heliothrix barroti Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 529 

 (Remedios). 



No. 2198. c? ad. Noanama ; 17.X.08.— Wing 66; tail 42; 

 bill 16 mm. 



No. 2329. S juv. Novita; 23.xi.08.— Wing 65; tail 45; 

 bill 154^ mm. 



" Iris, feet, and bill black." 



Not apprecially different from Costa Rican skins, H. barroti, 

 which is very likely only a geographical race of II. auritus, 

 ranges southwards as far as Western Ecuador. 



