BIRDS OF WESTERN COLOMBIA. ,1187 



152. Cyanolesbia kingii, subsp. 



[Ornismya kingii Lesson, Hist, Nat. Trochil. p. 107, pi. 38 

 (1832. — " Jamaique," errore — -description and plate evidently 

 apply to the common blue-tailed Bogota form, with a large violet- 

 blue gular patch)]. 



No. 3784. c? ad. Tatama Mountain, 4600 ft. 7.X.09.— Wing 74; 

 tail (slightly moulting) 93 ; bill 14 mm. 



" Iris, feet, and bill black." 



This bird cannot be identified with any of the known forms. 

 It is somewhat intermediate between C. Ic. kingii from Bogotti, 

 and G. Ic. aelestis * from Ecuador, though apparently diSerent 

 from either. With the latter, it shares the long, i-obust beak, the 

 broad, rufous-buff edges to the under tail-coverts, and the bronzy- 

 green general tone of the lower parts ; but the rufescent margins 

 to the feathers of the breast and abdomen are completely absent, 

 and the colour of the tail is more like Bogota specimens. It 

 should be mentioned, however, that the under surface of the 

 rectrices is much duller, more blackish than in any other example 

 examined by me. More material will probably show the West 

 Colombian birds to constitute a distinct race. Curiously enough, 

 both Hartert t, and Simon & Dalmas + record the green-tailed 

 C. k. emmcB Berl., without gular spot, from the Western Cordillera, 

 while the Tatama biixl has the throat extensively violet-blue. 



153. Chloronerpes rubiginosus gularis Harg. 



[Picus rubiginosus Swainson, Zool. Illustr. i. pi. xiv. (1820-1. — 

 "Spanish Main," i. e. Venezuela, environs of Cumana)]. 



Chloronerpes gularis Hargitt, Ibis, (6) i. p. 230 (1889. — Santa 

 Elena, Antioquia). 



C. rubiginosus (errore) Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 533 

 (Eetiro, Concordia, Santa Elena). 



No. 2798. cT ad. Loma Hermosa, Rio Jamaraya, 4150 ft., 

 18.X.09.— W^ing 122; tail 84 ; bill 2^ mm. 



" Iris dark brown, feet plumbeous, bill black." 



This bird agrees perfectly with Hargitt's description. It differs 

 from C. r. rubiginosus, from N.E, Venezuela (Cumana) and 

 Trinidad, in having the rump and tail-coverts pale yellow in 

 decided contrast to the deep tawny olive of the upper back, and 

 the under parts more richly yellow with the blackish bars 

 conspicuously narrower and confined to the foreneck and bi'east. 

 The throat is much less variegated with whitish, and the feathers 

 of the pileum, from the forehead to the nape, are tipped with 

 crimson. 



C. r. gularis is limited to Western Colombia, inhabiting both 

 the Coast and the Central Cordillera. 



* Cynantlius coelestis Gould, Introd. Humming-Birds p. 102 (lft61. — Ecuador). 



t Tien-eich, Lief. 9, 1900, p. 176. 



+ Ornis, xi. 1901, p. 223 (Las Cvuces, W. Cordilleva). 



