cherrie: orxithology of the Orinoco region. 297 
HvEOCHARis SAPPHiRiNA (Gmelinj. 
Trochilus sapphirinus Gm., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 496. 
Hylocharis sapphirina Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 84. 
Seen only on the upper river at Nericagua, where it was abun- 
dant. 
Hylocharis cyanus viridventris Berlepsch. 
Hylocharis cyanea viridivcntris Berl., Ibis, 1880. p. 113. 
Hylocharis cyanus viridivcntris Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 85. 
Three taken at Nericagua during April, 1899; not observed at 
other points along the Orinoco proper. 
Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from Suapure and from La 
Pricion on the Caura River. 
Chlorestes coerueeus (Vieillot). 
Trochilus coerulens Vieill., Nouv. Diet. VH. 1871. p. 361. 
Chlorestes coeruleus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 85. 
Common from Altagracia to Munduapo on the upper river ; also 
recorded from Caura River points by Berlepsch and Hartert. 
Eye seal brown; maxilla and tips of mandible ijlack, basal four-fifths 
of mandible flesh color ; feet dusky. 
Chlorostilbon caribaeus nanus Berlepsch & Hartert. 
Chlorostilbon caribaeus nanits Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. 
p. 86 (Type, ex Caicara River, Orinoco, Venezuela). 
Abundant at Caicara, where the writer collected the type speci- 
men (adult male Xo. 10157 Coll. Geo. K. and Stella M. Cherrie, Cai- 
cara, Venez. Feb. 19, 1898), now in the Tring Museum (/. c). This 
species was not observed anywhere beyond the falls of Atures. 
Eye dusky ; bill and feet black. 
Thaeurania tschudii Gould. 
Thalurania tschudii Gould, P. Z. S. i860, p. 312; Berlepsch & Hartert, 
p. 86. 
Common on the upper ri\'er at Munduapo and Nericagua. Xot 
observed elsewhere. 
