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ramanga; Ibague), Venezuela (San Cristébal), and eastern Panamé 
(Colén; Panama). 
Ornismya colombica Bourcter, Rev. Zool., vi, Jan., 1843, 2 (Colombia; coll.?); 
Ann. Sci. Phys. et Nat. Lyons, vi, 1844, pl. 6. 
P[olytmus] columbicus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, Dec., 1848, 108. 
[Polytmus] columbicus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 180, no. 1658. 
Thalurania columbica Goutp, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1852, 8; Monogr. Troch., 
ii, 1858, pl. 106; Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 78.—BoNnaparTE, Rev. Zool., 
1854, 254.—ScLater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 294 (Bogota, Colombia).—Mut- 
SANT and VERREAUX, Classif. Troch., 1866, 51; Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., iii, 
livr. 1, 1876, 63; iv, livr. 2, 1877, pl. 56; livr. 3, 1878, 217 (crit.)—Wvyart, 
Ibis, 1871, 376 (Herradura, Colombia, 4,000 ft.)—Satvin and Exuiot, Ibis, 
1873, 355, part (monogr.).—Sciater and Sauvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 
1875, 237 (San Cristébal, Venezuela)—Muusant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyons, 
xxii, 1876, 218. —Extror, Classif. and Synop. Troch., 1879, 99, part (Colom- 
bia).—Satvin and Gopman, Ibis, 1880, 17 (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 
and Minca, Colombia, 2,000 ft.)—Brrizpscu, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 310 
(Bucaramanga, Colombia); 1887, 319 (Bogoté, Colombia; synonymy).— 
SaLvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 79, 652, part (Colombian and Vene- 
zuelan localities and references)—Bovcarp, The Hum. Bird, ii, 1892, 75 
(Bogoté); Gen. Hum. Birds, 1893, 101.—Banas, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, 
1898, 135 (Santa Marta, Colombia), 174 (San Miguél and Palomina, Santa 
Marta).—Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 306 (Ibague, centr. Colom- 
bia).— ALLEN, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 141 (Bonda, etc., Santa 
Marta). 
T{halurania] columbica CaBanis and Herne, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 24 (Colombia). 
[Thalurania] columbica SctaTER and Savin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 83, part 
(Colombia). 
[Coeligena. a. Thalurania] columbica RetcHEnBacH, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 7. 
Coeligena columbica REIcHENBACH, Troch. Enum., 1855, 3, pl. 685, figs. 4511, 4512. 
Thalurania colombica Boucarp, The Hum. Bird, i, no. 4, 1901, 26 (descr. of 
aberrant or discolored male}—Satvin and Gopman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 
ii, 1892, 266, part (Colombia; Venezuela). 
T[halurania] colombica Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 86 (monogr.). 
[Thalurania] colombica SHarre, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 116. 
[Coeligena. a. Thalurania] puella RetcHensacu, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 7. 
Coeligena puella ReicHENBACH, Troch. Enum., 1855, 3. 
Thalurania puella Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 254. 
Th{alurania] columbica typica Hartert, Novit. Zool., iv, April, 1897, 149, in 
text (crit.). 
THALURANIA COLOMBICA VENUSTA (Gould). 
COSTA RICAN WOOD-NYMPH. 
Similar to T. ¢. colombica, but bill and tail averaging decidedly 
longer; adult male with color of upper parts very much darker, with 
the violet-blue of anterior scapulars much more extended and often 
crossing the upper back (sometimes as a broad band); color of tail 
decidedly more violaceous, and under tail-coverts with much less of 
white, sometimes wholly blue-black or dark steel blue; adult female 
with middle rectrices averaging much more bluish (usually dusky 
metallic blue) and under parts with sides and flanks much more 
