Todd-Carriker : Birds of Santa Marta Region, Colombia. 265 



Saucerotia sophice (not Trochilus sophice Bourcier and Mulsant) Boucakd, 

 Humming Bird, II, 1892, 81 (Santa Marta, in range). 



Amasilia warszewiesi Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 222 (Santa 

 Marta, Minca, Atanquez, Manaure, Valencia, and Sierra Nevada de Santa 

 Marta). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 13s ("Santa 

 Marta"). — Bangs, Proc. New England Z06I. Club, I, 1899, 78 (San Sebas- 

 tian). 



Amiziltis warszewiezi Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 139 

 (Bonda, Minca, and Cacagualito). 



Saucerottea warscemiczi (,typica) Hartert, Tierreich, Lief, g, 1900, 52 

 (Santa Marta, in range). 



Saucerottia saucerottei warscewiczi Hellmaye, Nov. Z06I., XX, 1913, 251 

 (Santa Marta region, in range). — Cory, Field Mus. Z06I. Series, XIII, 

 1918, 183 (Santa Marta region, in range). 



Saucerrofea mellisuga warszewiczi Simon, Cat. Fam. Trochilidas, 1921, 333 

 (" Santa Marta "). 



Thirty-two specimens : Bonda, Don Amo, Cincinnati, Agua Duke, 

 Mamatoco, La Tigrera, Fundacion, and Dibulla. 



Females of this form have the under tail-coverts grayish, glossed 

 vifith blue, approaching thus typical saucerottei frorn western Colombia. 

 No. 38,807, Mamatoco, April 25, a young bird, has the posterior under 

 parts buffy, and the feathers of the lower back tipped with the same 

 color; otherwise it resembles the female. 



Mr. Hellmayr has suggested that Trochilus caligatus Gould {Pro- 

 ceedings Zoological Society of London, 1848, 14) may be an earlier 

 name for this form. It is true that in the original description noth- 

 ing is said about the color of the lower back in particular, but later 

 {Monograph of the TrochilidcB, V, 1861, text to pi. 322) Gould himself 

 says that he could find no difference between his type-specimen, the 

 type-specimen of Trochilus sophics Bourcier and Mulsant, and an au- 

 thentic skin of Hemithylaca hoffmanni Cabanis and Heine. Since the 

 alleged type of Trochilus sophice is known to belong to the Central 

 American race Gould's statement is perfectly consistent with the facts 

 in the case. As Gould at the same time recognized warscewiczi as 

 distinct from the form in question it is scarcely probable that he would 

 have misidentified his type of caligatus. It is true that the measure- 

 ments he gives do not agree with those for either the Costa Rican or 

 north Colombian bird, also that the alleged locality ("New Grenada") 

 raises a further question, but the chances are that the name caligatus 

 belongs to the Central American race at present known as hoffmanni. 



