BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 349 
ANTHOSCENUS LONGIROSTRIS PALLIDICEPS (Gould). 
PALE-CROWNED STAR-THROAT. 
Similar to A. 7. longirostris, but adult male with forehead and crown 
metallic green or bluish green instead of blue or greenish blue. 
Adult male.—Length (skins), 103-118 (111); wing, 57-61.5 (58.9); 
tail, 31-34.5 (32.5); culmen, 30-33.5 (31.8). 
Adult female.—Length (skin), 105; wing, 57; tail, 32; culmen, 32.5.° 
Nicaragua (Chontales), Salvadér (Volcén de San Miguél; La 
Libertad), Guatemala (Santa Ana, Petén; Patuldl, Solola; Duefias; 
Gualan; Mazatenango; Las Salinas; Retalhuleu; Naranjo) and 
southeastern Mexico, in States of Chiapas (Gineta Mountains), 
Oaxaca (Santa Efigénia; Tehuantepec; Sierra de Santo Dorningo; 
Tonila) Vera Cruz (Jalapa; Tospém, near Cérdova), and Guerrero 
(Chilpancingo). 
[Heliomaster] pallidiceps Goutp, Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 189 (Jalapa, 
Vera Cruz; coll. J. Gould)—Sciater and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 
1873, 90. 
Heliomaster pallidiceps Goutp, Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 139 (Mexico; 
Guatemala).—SciaTer, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 310 (Las Salinas, Vera Paz, 
Guatemala).—(?) Satvin, Ibis, 1866, 205 (Duefias); 1872, 313, 320 (Chon- 
tales, Nicaragua; crit.); Cat. Strickl. Coll., 1881, 367 (Guatemala).—D’Oca, 
Troq. de Mex., 1875, 17, pl. (3), fig. 9—Bovucarp, Notes Troch. du Mex., 
1875, 11 (Tosp4m, near Cérdova, Vera Cruz); Liste Ois. récol. Guat., 1878, 
45.—Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.,; no. 4, 1876, 32 (Santa Efigénia, 
Oaxaca).—Mutsant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, 1876, 215. 
H[eliomaster] pallidiceps Satvin, Ibis, 1869, 316, in text (Guatemala). 
Heliomastes pallidiceps Mutsant and VERREAUX, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., ii, 
livr. 4, 1876, 275 (Mexico to Nicaragua); iv, livr. 3, 1878, 211 (synonymy). 
Floricola longirostris pallidiceps Hartert (E. and C.), Novit. Zool., i, Jan., 
1894, 20 (Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4,000 ft.; crit.). 
[Floricola] long[irostris] pallidiceps Stuon, Cat. Troch., 1897, 36. 
F[loricola] superba pallidiceps Hartert (E.), Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 192. 
Anthoscenus superbus pallidiceps DEARBORN, Pub. 125, Field Mus. N. H., Nov., 
1907, 99 (Mazatenango and Patulil, Guatemala). 
[Floricola] pallidiceps SHarpr, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 138. 
Heliomaster longirostris (not Trochilus longirostris Audebert and Vieillot) Satvin, 
Ibis, 1860, 263 (Duefias, Guatemala)—Satvin and Scriater, Ibis, 1860, 
195, 263, 276 (Duefias).—ExxioT, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 83, part. 
Floricola longirostris Exztot, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 83, part—SaLvin, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 229, part (Jalapa, Vera Cruz; Oaxaca and 
Sierra de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca; Santa Ana, Las Salinas, Retalhuleu, 
@ Eleven specimens. 6 One specimen (from Guatemala). 
Ex- 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | posed 
culmen. 
MALES. 
Seven adult males from Guatemala........-. 2.022.222. cee eee eee cece ence eee eee 59.9 32.6 31.6 
Four adult males from Moexico.......-...22--.222 02 eee cee eee ene eee eee ee eee 55.8 32.2 32.2 
