572 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
dd. Bill shorter (exposed culmen 20.5~23, averaging 21.7); tail longer and more 
deeply forked (53-59, averaging 54.9, middle rectrices 28.5-32.5, averaging 
30.2); green of pileum rather broader; under parts of body brighter green. 
(Costa Rica and western Panama.) 
Heliodoxa jacula henryi, adult male (p. 573). 
bb. Pileum brilliant metallic violet or violet-blue; no blue or violet spot on throat. 
(Heliodoxa leadbeatert.) 
c. Bill longer (21-22 mm,); general green color more bluish or less golden. (Coast 
district of Venezuela to Ecuadér, Peru, and Bolivia.) 
Heliodoxa leadbeateri leadbeateri, adult male (extralimital).¢ 
cc. Bill shorter (18-19 mm.); general green color more golden or bronzy. (Colom- 
bia and Venezuela.)..Heliodoxa leadbeateri parvula, adult male (extra- 
limital.)® 
aa. Under parts mixed green and white. (Adult females.) 
b. Abdomen white or mostly white (without buff). (Heliodoxa jacula.) 
c. Bill larger (exposed culmen 25.5-28, averaging 26.8); under parts of body 
always (?) with green predominating. 
Heliodoxa jacula jamersoni, adult female (extralimital). 
ce, Bill smaller (exposed culmen 21.5-24, averaging 22.9); under parts of body 
usually (?) with white predominating. 
Heliodoxa jacula henryi, adult female (p. 573). 
bb. Abdomen buff...... Heliodoxa leadbeateri parvula, adult female (extralimital).¢ 
@ T[rochilus] leadbeateri Bourcier, Rev. Zool., vi, April, 1843, 102 (Caracas, Vene- 
zuela); Bourcier and Mulsant, Ann. Sci. Phys. et Nat., etc., Lyon, vi, 1843, 43.— 
Heliodoxa leadbeateri Gould, Mon. Troch., ii, 1860, pl. 97; Elliot, Classif. and Synop. 
Troch., 1879, 65, part; Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 317, part.—A[spasta] 
leadbeatert Heine, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 179.—Hypolia leadbeateri Mulsant and Ver- 
reaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., ii, livr. 3, 1876, 207.—Clytolema leadbeateri Mulsant and 
Verreaux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 59.—H[eliodoxa] leadbeateri (typica) Hartert, Das 
Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 122.—(?) Trochilus otero Tschudi, Wiegmann’s Archiv fir 
Naturg., 1844, i, 298; Fauna Peruana, Aves, 1845-46, 249, pl. 23, fig. 2—(?) Leadbeatera 
otero Bonaparte, Rev. Zool., 1854, 251; Gould, Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 75.— 
(?) Heliodoxa otero Gould, Mon. Troch., ii, 1860, pl. 96 —(?) A[spasta] otero Heine, 
Journ. fir Orn., 1863, 180.—(?) Clytolema leadbeateri, var. otero Mulsant and Verreaux, 
Classif. Troch., 1866, 59.—(?) Hypolia otero Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.- 
Mouch., ii, 1876, 209.—Leadbeatera grata Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 70; Gould, 
Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 75.—(?) [Coeligena. 6. Leadbeatera] sagitta Reichenbach, 
Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 7.—(?) [Coeligena] sagitta Reichenbach, Troch. Enum., 1855, 
4, pl. 689, fig. 4525, pl. 690, figs. 4527, 4528.—(?) H[eliodoxa] sagitta Cabanis and Heine, 
Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 22.—[Coeligena. 3. Leadbeatera] typica Reichenbach, Aufz. der 
Colibr., 1854, 7.—(?) Leadbeatera splendens Gould, Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 74 
(Venezuela).—(?) A[spasta] splendens Heine, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 180.—(?) Hypolia 
splendens Mulsant and Verreaux, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., ii, 1876, 211.—(?) Heliodoxa 
splendens Eudes-Deslongchamps, Ann. Mus. Caen, i, 286. 
b Heliodoxa leadbeateri parvula Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., xxxv, July, 1887, 320 
(Bogota, Colombia; coll. von Berlepsch).—H[eliodoxa] leadbeateri parvula Hartert, Das 
Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 122. 
I follow Hartert in recognizing two forms of this species; but, owing to lack of suffi- 
cient material, I have no personal opinion as to the number of forms into which the 
species is divisible. 
c Females of H. jacula jacula and H. leadbeateri leadbeateri not seen by me. 
