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the remaining under parts (except under tail-coverts) white spotted 
with metallic bronze; under tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous; maxilla 
dusky, mandible pale brownish basally, dusky terminally; length 
(skins), 60-71 (65); wing, 37.5-41 (38.9); tail, 18.5-21.5 (20.2); 
exposed culmen, 11—12.5 (11.3).¢ 
Southeastern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Cérdova; Jalapa; 
Santecomap4m; Chiquilmita; Catemaco; Tospém; San Andrés Tuxtla) 
and Chiapas, southward through Guatemala (Coban; Chisec; Guate- 
mala City; Chiquilmitra, Vera Paz; Petén) and Honduras (San 
Pedro Sula) to Costa Rica (Turrialba; Tucurriqui; Bonilla; Juan 
Vifias; Guayabél; Guayabo; El Naranjo; San Pedro; Las Pavas; 
Cachi; San Carlos). 
Ornismya helenae Devarrré, Echo du Monde Savant, 1843, 991, in text (Vera 
Paz, Guatemala); Rev. Zool., 1843, 133. 
Mfellisuga] helene Gray, Gen. Birds, i, Dec., 1848, 113. 
[Lophornis] helenae Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 83.—Rercnensacu, Aufz. 
der Colibr., 1854, 12; Troch. Enum., 1855, 9, pl. 811, fig. 4892. 
Lophornis helene Goutp, Mon. Troch., pt. x, Sept., 1855; vol. ii, 1861, pl. 123; 
Introd. Troch., oct. ed., 1861, 84.—SctaTER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 
288 (Cérdova, Vera Cruz); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 295 (Coban, Vera Paz, 
Guatemala)—SciaTer and Savin, Ibis, 1859, 130 (Cobén, Guatemala).— 
Satvin, Ibis, 1860, 194, 196, 267 (Cob4n; habits); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
xvi, 1892, 425 (Cob4n and Chiséc, Guatemala; Turrialba and Tuccurique, 
Costa Rica).—Lawrencz, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., ix, 1868, 145 (Costa Rica).— 
Dr Oca, La Naturaleza, iii, 1875, 300 (Chiapas); Troq. de Mex., 1875, 54.— 
Boucarp, Notes Troch. du Mex., 1875, 2 (Jalapa, Cérdova, and Chiquil- 
mita, Vera Cruz; habits, etc.); Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xxii, 1876, 15 (Cér- 
dova, Santecomap4m, and Catemaco, Vera Cruz); Gen. Hum. Birds, 1892, 
34 (Tosp4m, San Andrés Tuxtla, etc., Vera Cruz).—Zenepd6n, Cat. Aves 
de Costa Rica, 1882, 21; Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 122.—Ripe- 
way, Rep. U. 8. Nat. Mus. for 1890 (1891), pl. 30, fig. 1; Condor, vii, 1905, 
157, in text (Bonilla, Costa Rica).—Satvin and Gopman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 
Aves, ii, 1892, 364 (San Pedro Sula, Honduras; El Naranjo, Costa Rica; 
etc.).—Carriker, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 552 (Caribbean slope Costa 
Rica, 1,000-4,000 ft.). 
[Lophornis| helenz ScuaTER and Savin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 83.—SHARPE, 
Hand-list, ii, 1900, 144. 
L{ophornis] helenae Hartert, Das Tierreich, Troch., 1900, 219. 
a Twelve specimens. 
Locality. : Wing. | Tail. amet 
culmen. 
MALES. 
Two adult males from Vera Cruz (Cérdova), Mexico...............22...222-502- 41.2 24.2 10.2 
Nine adult males from GQuatbemals .. wicvicasiencigaacarmoesicesmcneecmaats avahgesctesal 39.7 23.8 11.4 
Ten adult males from Costa Rica...... 220-22... e seen eee ee eee ee eee eee ee ences 39.6 23.5 11.4 
FEMALES. 
Three adult females from Guatemala. .........--- 0-02 eee eee eee ee eee eee eee 39.5 21 12.2 
Nine adult females from Costa Rica.............. 0.0200 eee eee ence eee eens 38.7 19.9 11.7 
