( 489 ) 

 lOo. Pipra mentalis minor siil(s|). uov. 



6, Cachiivi, Jiiimary Ttb, ISU". "Iris white; feet browu ; maxilla lirowii, 

 maudiblc whitish." This little Pi/ira differs from Pipra meidaUi mentalis in the 

 i'ollowiug characters : It is smaller, the wing measuring only 56 mm. (against about 

 (10 in P. mentality moitaUs). The forehead is of a deeper red, especially the feathers 

 above the nostrils, which are orange in the northern form. The back has a more 

 distinct bluish gloss. The inner webs of the primaries have no distinct whitish edges. 

 The yellow chin-spot is smaller. Two skins from Bogota agree with this new sub- 

 species, only the inner edges of the primaries are more whitish. ( !osta Rica skins 

 apjiroach P. m. minor in the somewhat darker red forehead, lint in no other way. 

 P. mentalis minor has nothing to do with chloromerosi which has black under wing- 

 coverts and no yellow on the chin at all. 



lor,, Heteropelma rosenbergi sj). uov. 



This Hetfropelma is apparently nearest to Jl. amazonum Scl., but differs at a 

 glance in being generally more uniform, in having the wings less rufous, the outer 

 webs of the ijuills being olive, in liaving a uniftu'm greenish olive underside, while 

 (he throat is distinctly lighter in //. amazonMn. Wing 87 mm., tail (iT, culmen 

 from base llj mm. One male was shot at Cachavi, January 20th, 1807. " Iris dark 

 brown ; feet greyish ; bill deej) browu." The skin from the Balzar Mountains in the 

 British Museum, enumerated under //. amazonirm {('at. B. Brit. Mas. XIV. ]). 320), 

 belongs to II. rogi'nber//i, which is evidently the representative form of//, amazoniim 

 in W. Ecuador. It is probably of no more than subspecific value, but as long as 

 wallacei, amazonum, stenorhynchum, and veraepacis, some of which are less distinct 

 than rosenbergi, are allowed to stand as species, the latter must do the same. 



10 7. Tityra semifasciata (.Spix). 



Paramba, 3500 feet. " Iris reddish yellow." Sent by Mr. Rosenberg's corre- 

 spondent. If /'. jiersonat'i is separable, this specimen should belong to the latter. 



108. Pach3a'hamphus cinnamomeus (Lawr.). 

 Chimbo and Cachavi, three males and two females. 



lii'i. Pachyrhamphus albogriseus Scl. 

 J ad., Chimbo, August 21st, 1MI7. " Iris brown." 



110. Hadrostomus homochrous (fStl.). 

 One female, Chimbo. 



111. Lipaugus holerythrus Sel. A Salv. 



Two females, Cachavi, November and .lanuary. " Iris light brown." This 

 species is not yet on reconl from Ecuador. It is known to occur from .Southern 

 Mexico to Northern Colombia, but not farther to the soutli. 



