298 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 
Thalurania refulgens Gould. 
Thalurania refulgens Gould, P. Z. S. 1852: p. 9; Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. 
Sci. Phil. 1913: p. 201. (Manimo Riv., Isla de Morocatico). 
Recorded by Stone from the delta country. 
Thalurania furc.\ta Fissilis Berlepsch & Hartert. 
Tlialnrania fiircata fissilis Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. 
p. 87 (Type, Caura River, Suapure, Venezuela). 
This species was described from specimens collected on the Caura 
River. It has not been observed on the Orinoco proper. 
Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from "Parima Mountains" 
(Caura River region) collected by Klages. On my first expedition 
this species was not observed, but in 1905 and in 1907. it was noted 
as not uncommon about Caicara during the month of May. 
Eye dark : bill black ; feet dusky. 
.\xtiikacotiiora.\ mgricollis (\'ieillot). 
Trochilus nigricollis VieilL, Nouv. Diet. VII. p. 349. 
Laniponiis nigricollis Berlepsch c& Hartert, p. 87. 
■ Common from the mouth of the river Meta up as far as I ex- - 
tended my explorations. 
Antiiracotiiorax gramineus (Gmelin). 
Trochilus gramiiiens Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I: 1788: p. 488. 
Anthracothorax gramineus Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1913: p. 201 
(Pedernales). 
Recorded by Stone from the delta. 
CiiRYSOLAMPis ELATUS (Linnacus). 
Trochilus mosquitus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. i 1766. p. 192. 
ChrysoUnnpis mosquitus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 87. 
Common along the middle stretches of the river from Ciudad 
Bolivar up as far as the mouth of the ]\Ieta. Recorded by Berlepsch 
and Hartert from Suapure, Temblador and La Pricion, on the Caura 
River. 
