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i. Coloration lighter (more yellowish) green; wing averaging longer. 
(Andes of Venezuela.) 
Saucerottia sophise braccata (extralimital).¢ 
J. Larger (wing 56, tail 43.3, culmen 25.4); bill more curved; green of 
upper parts more bluish. (Northwestern Costa Rica.) 
Saucerottia alfaroana (p. 441). 
ee. Under tail-coverts bronzy or chestnut. (Saucerottia tobact.) 
jf. Tail black or dull violet-black. 
g. Above mostly green or bronze-green, the upper tail-coverts purplish 
bronze; larger: male with wing 55.5, tail 33, culmen 19; female, 
wing 54-54.5 (54.2), tail 32-32.5 (32.2), culmen 18-19.5 (18.8). 
(Island of Tobago.).....-. Saucerottia tobaci tobaci (extralimital). 
gg. Above with whole rump coppery bronze, the upper tail-coverts 
sometimes light chestnut; smaller: male with wing 50-51 (50.3), 
tail 30-30.5 (30.2), culmen 16.5-18 (17.2); female, wing 48-50 
(49.3), tail 29-80 (29.3), culmen 18-19.5 (18.8). (Island of Trini- 
dad. )ecs staeaawed Saucerottia tobaci erythronota (extralimital).¢ 
ff. Tail bright blue-black or dark steel blue. 
g. Wing-coverts, back, and rump green or bronze-green; under tail- 
coverts usually bronze centrally; smaller: male with wing 49-51 
(50.2), tail 29-31 (29.7), culmen 17-18 (17.7); female, wing 48-49 
(48.8), tail 28-29 (28.4), culmen 18-19 (18.4). (Coast district of 
Venezuela.).......--.--- Saucerottia tobaci feliciz (extralimital).¢ 
@ H[emithylaca] braccata Heine, Journ. fiir Orn., May, 1863, 193 (Mérida, Venezuela; 
coll. Berlin Mus.).—H[emithylaca] caligata (not Trochilus caligatus Gould) Cabanis 
and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 39 (Mérida, Venezuela).—S[aucerottea] warscewiczt 
braccata Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 52 (monogr.). 
b (?) [Trochilus] tobaci Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 498 (based on Tobago 
Humming-bird Latham, Synopsis, i, pt. 2, 781; Tobago).—Amazilia tobaci Salvin, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 226.—Trochilus erythronotus (not Orntsmya erythro- 
notos Lesson) Jardine, Ann. and Mag. N. H., xx, 1847, 374 (Tobago).—Saucerottia 
wellst Boucard, The Hum. Bird, iii, pt. i, March, 1893, 8 (‘‘Grenada;” coll. A. Bou- 
card); Dalmas, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xiii, 1900, 142 (Tobago; crit.).—S[aucerottea] 
tobaci (typica) Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 55.—Amuzilis tobaci Oberholser, 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 208. 
¢ Ornismya erythronotos Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., 1829, pp. xxxii, 181, pl. 61 
(‘‘Brésil”).—P[olytmus] erythronotus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 108.—[Polytmus] 
erythronotos Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 132, no. 1695.—Polytmus erythronotus Léotaud, 
Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 137.—[Saucerottia] erythronota Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 
77.—Chlorestes erythronota Reichenbach, Troch. Enum., 1855, 4, pl. 699, figs. 4562, 
4563.—H[emithylaca] erythronota Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 37.— 
Ariana erythronota Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 36; Hist. Nat. Ois.- 
Mouch., i, 1874, 323.—Amazilia erythronota Elliot, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 
224; Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 225.—Amizilis tobaci erythronota Ober- 
holser, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., June 2, 1899, 208.—S[aucerottea] tobaci erythronota 
Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 55 (monogr.).—Erythronota antiqua Gould, 
Mon. Troch., v, May, 1860, pl. 316; Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 160. 
2 O[rnismya] felicie Lesson, Rev. Zool., iii, March, 1840, 72 (‘“‘le Brésil, le district 
de San José;” coll. Abeillé).—[Chlorestes, 7. Saucerottia] feliciae Reichenbach, Aufz. 
der Colibr., 1854, 7.—[Saucerottia] felicie Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 
255.—Chlorestes feliciez Reichenbach, Troch. Enum., 1855, 4, pl. 697, figs. 4556, 4557.— 
Erythronota felicie Gould, Mon. Troch., v, Sept., 1849, pl. 317; Introd. Troch., oct. 
ed., 1861, 161.—H[emithylaca] felicie Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 38.— 
Ariana felicix Mulsant and Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 36; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., 
1, 1874, 325; iv, 1877, 185.—[Polytmus] feliciz Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 132, no. 1696.— 
