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Lesser Antilles, except St. Vincent, Barbadoes, Grenada, and Grena- 
dines (recorded from Sombrero, St. Bartholomew, Saba, St. Eustatius, 
St. Christopher, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, 
Grand Terre, Desirade, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, and 
Santa Lucia), and Virgin group of Greater Antilles (Virgin Gorda, 
Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas); Porto Rico. 
[Trochilus] exilis Gmetin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 484 (based on Humming bird 
of a black color Bancroft, Guj., p. 166; Little Humming bird Latham, Synopsis, 
i, pt. 2, 764)_Laruam, Index Orn., i, 1790, 310.—Gray, Hand-list, i, 
1869, 147, no. 1902. 
Trochilus exits AUDEBERT and ViEILLoT, Ois. Dorés, i, 1802, 125.—VierxoT, 
Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 356 (“Guyane’’). 
T[rochilus] exilis Vizrttot, Tabl. Enc. Méth., ii, 1822, 550. 
M[ellisuga] evilis Gray, Gen. Birds, i, Dec., 1848, 113. 
[Orthorhynchus] exilis RetcHensacu, Aufz. der Colibr., 1854, 11; Troch. Enum., 
1855, 9, pl. 807, fig. 4879.—BonaparteE, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 256.— 
Sciater and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 88. 
Orthorhynchus exilis Goutp, Mon. Troch., pt. xiii, 1857; vol. iv, 1861, pl. 207; 
Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 117.—Nrwrton (A. and E.), Ibis, 1859, 141 
(St. Croix; crit.).—Sciater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 304 (St. Thomas); Proc. 
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 326 (Dominica); 1892, 499 (Anguilla) —Taytor, 
Ibis, 1864, 170 (Martinique; Dominica).—Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., 
viii, 1864, 99 (Sombrero); Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 61 (Dominica), 
234 (Antigua), 240 (Barbuda), 358 (Martinique), 458 (Guadeloupe), 487 
(Barbuda; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique).—MuLsanT and 
Verreavux, Classif. Troch., 1866, 75.—Exuior, Ibis, 1872, 355 (Dominica; 
Nevis; St. Thomas; St. Croix; synonymy).—Gunptacu, Journ. fir Om., 
1874, 312 (Porto Rico); 1878, 182 (Porto Rico).— ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, v, 1880, 167 (Santa Lucia; crit.) —Grispaz, Ibis, 1882, 490 (Mont- 
serrat; habits). 
O[rthorhynchus] exilis CaBANIs and Hzrne, Mus. Hein., iii, 1860, 61 (Martinique; 
Nevis; St. Croix). 
Orthorhyncus exilis OBERHOLSER, Smithson. Misc. Coll., xlviii, May 13, 1905, 60. 
Trochilus (Orthorhynchus) exilis SunDEVaLtL, (fv. k. Vet.-Ak. Férh., 1869, 600 
(St. Bartholomew). 
Bellona exilis Mutsant and VERREAUX, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouch., iii, livr. 3, 1876, 
196 (St. Croix; Nevis; Martinique; etc.).—Etuiot, Classif. and Synop. 
Troch., 1879, 179 (Dominica; Nevis; St. Thomas; St. Croix).—Cory, Auk, 
iii, 1886, 357; vi, 1889, 218 (crit.; range); vii, 1890, 374 (Anegada), 375 
(Virgin Gorda); viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua; St. Eustdtius), 48 (St. Croix; St. 
Christopher; Guadeloupe); Birds West Ind., 1889, 152; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 
1892, 138, 107, 144.—Verrit (G. E.), Trans. Conn. Ac. Arts and Sci., viii, 
1892, 334, pl. 26, fig. 6 (Dominica; habits; descr. nest and eggs).—Sa.vin, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvi, 1892, 354.—Boucarp, Gen. Hum. Birds, ii, 1892, 
58 (Dominica; St. Croix; Montserrat; Nevis; Martinique).—Lopex, Ibis, 
1896, 511 (Dominfca; habits).—Nicox, Ibis, 1904, 562 (Santa Lucia; crit.), 
570 (Dominica). 
[Bellona] exilis Muusant, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s., xxii, 1876, 222.—Cory, 
List Birds West Ind., 1885, 18.—Suarpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 142. 
Bietlona] cristata evilis Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 213. 
Microlyssa exilis Rey, Smithson. Misc. Coll., xlvii, Nov. 8, 1904, 287 (Barbuda: 
Antigua). 
