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but two of the females show a slight trace and three have a small but well 

 marked rufous crown patch; all of the males are more or less spotted 

 on the under parts. 



Cerchneis sparveria caucae Chapman. 



Cerchneis sparverius cauc& Chap., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 XXXIV, 1915, P. 375- 



Type locality: La Manuelita (alt. 3500 ft.), near Palmira, Cauca 

 Valley, Colombia. 



Range: Western Colombia and western slopes of Central Andes; 

 northwestern Ecuador. 



Characters: Adult male. Similar to C. s. peruviana in size and 

 general marking, but differs in deeper cinnamon coloration of the breast 

 (approaching that of ochracea); outer web of second outer primary 

 usually with two small white spots, the outer web of third with three well 

 marked white spots; distal white patches on inner webs of outer pri- 

 maries (in specimens examined) not confluent;* length of tail band, 17 

 to 22 mm. 



Wing, 175 to 185; tail, 119 to 132 mm. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of peruviana, but coloration of 

 upper parts darker and under parts more tinged with buff. 



Wing, 183 to 186; tail, 129 to 135 mm. 



Comparative differences: This form may be readily distinguished 

 from C. s. andina, C. s. intermedia, and C. s. ochracea by its spotted 

 under parts; from C. s, peruviana by the character already given; from 

 C. s, aquatorialis by its shorter tail band, shorter tail, and smaller size; 

 and from cinnamomina and australis by its much more deeply colored 

 under parts and other characters. 



Specimens examined: Colombia La Manuelita (near Palmira), 

 alt. 3500 ft., Cauca Valley, (Type) i d% i 9 ; Cali, Cauca, i d" ; La Flo- 

 rida, west of Popayan, i d", i 9 ; La Tig, Cauca, id", i 9 ; Noamama, 

 Rio San Juan, Cauca, i 9 . 



Ecuador Gulea, Prov. Pichincha, i d* (not typical). 



Remarks: The specimen from Gulea, Ecuador, approaches cauca, 

 but is larger and white spots are present on the outer web of the fourth 

 (outer) primary. All Colombian specimens which I have seen have 

 two small white spots or streaks on the outer web of the second (outer) 

 primary and three larger ones on the third; one male has a trace of 

 rufous on the crown, in the rest it is plain; none of them have the distal 

 white patches confluent on any of the outer primaries. 



* See remarks concerning this character, p. 313. 



