r to ) 



6 ad. Differs from thai of /'. r. ruder by its much broader and deeper, velvety 

 black pectoral band with purple gloss (instead of dark purplish brown), and by 

 having a distinct coppery gloss on the nnder-sarface of the tail. 



? and juv. As a rule distinguishable from the corresponding plumages of 

 J', r. ruber by its more coppery tail, but single specimens are sometimes scarcely 

 different I examined the type of Boncard's /.'. wkitelyi, now in the Paris Museum, 

 and found it to be identical with /'. r. episcopus. it is a ? in the "eremita" plumage, 

 i.,\ with long cinnamon-rnfons tips to the rectrices, etc. 



Mono. Simon is now convinced that his /'. caurensis is inseparable from 

 /'. /-. episcopus. Two adult 6 6 from the Canra in the Tring Museum are absolutely 

 identical with others from Annai (British Guiana), and Mnndaapo, Orinoco. 



80. Phoethornis sp. 



No. 681. <? jnv., 21 v. 06. " Iris black, feet brown, bill black, below yellowish 

 red." 



This bird belongs to one of the many forms of the group of P. affinis and 

 P. malaris, but cannot be identified with any of them. I hope to discuss the 

 various races of this section on a future occasion. 



81. Agyrtria fluviatilis laeta Hart. 



Agyrtria fluviatilis laeta Hartert, Journ.f. Ornith. 1000, p. 3C0 (Naata, Peru). 



A. fluviatilis (nee Gould) Berlepsch, Journ./. Ornith. 1889, p. 100 (Tonantins, Rio Solimoes). 



No. 708. Imm., 28. v. 06. " Iris and feet black, bill black, base of lower 

 mandible red." — Wing 52 ; tail 30 ; bill 21] mm. 



This bird agrees in every respect with the typical specimens from Nanta. 

 A.J', laeta differs from A. f. fluviatilis of Eastern Ecuador only by its smaller size, 

 shorter wings and bill. The coloration of the central rectrices mentioned by Hartert 

 is, however, not a reliable character. The range of the two forms is as follows: 



a. Agyrtria fluviatilis fluviatilis (Gould). 

 Thaumatias fluviatilis J. Gould, Introd. Trockil. p. 154 (1801 — " Banks of the River Xapo "). 



Hah. Eastern Ecuador : Zamora, Eio Pastaza (Baron), Gualaquiza, Zamora 

 (Festa). 



12 adult birds from East Ecuador : wing 57 — 58 ; bill 23 — 25 mm. 



b. Agyrtria fluviatilis laeta Hart. 



Hah. N.E. Peru: Pebas, Nanta, bjuitos, Lower Ucayali ; N.W. Brazil: 

 Tonantins and TeffiS on the Eio Solimoes. 



10 $$, Peruvian Amazons: wing 52 — 54 (two from Pebas 56) ; bill 21 — 22 mm. 

 4 ? % , Peruvian Amazons : wing 50 — 52; bill 20 — 21 mm. 

 1 imm. from Teffe : wing 52 ; bill 21 \ mm. 



82, Chlorestes caeruleus (Vieill.) 

 Cfr. vi L ,:;i, p, 33. 



Nos. 714, 758. 6 6 ad., 2'.'. v., 5. vi. 06. "Iris and feet black, bill black, 

 below red." 



Xos. 087, 707. ? ?, 21, 28. v. 06. " Bill black, below pale red." 

 Identical with the specimens from Obidos. 



