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Heliothrvx aurita (Gmelin). 
TrochUiis auritiis Gni., Syst. Nat. I. 1788. p. 493. 
HcUothrix aurita Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 
Rare. One specimen taken at Maipures. Berlepsch and 
Hartert record specimens collected by both Klages and Andre at 
points on the Caura River. 
Anthoscenus longirostris longirostris (Audeb & Vieillot). 
Trochilus longirostris Aud. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. I. 1802. p. 128, PI. 59. 
Floricola longirostris Berlepsch & Hartert. p. 88. 
Rare. One specimen taken at Maipures ; also recorded by Ber- 
lepsch and Hartert from Suapnre and La Pricion on the Caura River. 
Calliphlo.x amethv.stixa (Gmelin). 
Trochilus amethystinits Gm.. Syst. Nat. I. 1788. ]>. 4()6. 
Calliphlox amethystina Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 
Not observed on my first expedition to the Orinoco, but not un- 
common at Caicara, both in 1905 and 1907. The specimens secured 
were feeding about the flowers of low bushes just along a path at the 
edge of the dark forest. 
Eye dusky; bill and feet blackish. 
Recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from Suapure on the Caura 
River. 
Catharma orthura (Lesson). 
Ornismya orthura Lesson, Hist. Nat. Troch., p. 85, 88 t. 28, 29 (1832). 
On my first expedition to the C)rinoco this species was not ob- 
served, but in 1905, and in 1907, during May and June, it was not 
uncommon about Caicara. The females collected ilo not have the red 
apical spots on the throat feathers. On the other hand each feather 
of the throat has the tip green, similar in shade to the back, and nar- 
rowly edged with buff. The forward parts of the cheeks are white, 
and the dusky spots below the eye blend into the dusky greenish 
feathers of the lower throat forming an ill-defined band across the 
lower throat. The outer rectrices are tipped with cinnamon. 
LornoRNis ornatus (Boddaert) 
Trochilus ornatus Bodd., Tabl. Pi. Enl. 1783. p. 39. 
Lophornis ornatus Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 88. 
