( 495 ) 



158. Cyanolesbia coelestis (Gould). 



6 aJ., Milligalli ; 6 juv., caught on the road near Paratnba with a batterfly- 

 net. The underside of this bird is dark dusky brown, with a faint golden wash in 

 the middle of the feathers ; the back darker green than in adult males, with a 

 white patch on the rumj) ; crown dull dark green ; bill (only 11 mm. long) black : 

 basal two-thirds of mandible flesh-colour ; stripe at gape and under tail-coverts buff ; 

 tail (only 55 mm. long) of the same violet-blue as in the adult male. This specimen 

 shows that the young male has not a plumage similar to that of the />?«aZe. 



159. Lesbia victoriae (Bourc. & Muls.). 

 Cayambe, about 9000 feet. " Common in gardens and Ueilgero^vs." 



160. Aglaeactis cupreipennis aequatorialis Cab, & Heine. 

 Cayambe, about lL',iiiiii feet. They have m11 longer bills tlian the Colombian 

 specimens before me. Seen together with and in the sami' places as Metalbira 

 primoUna. 



161. Urosticte benjamini (Bourc). 



S juv., Paramba, 3500 feet, sent by Mr. llosenberg's friends. Throat rusty 

 rufous ; the white spots on the central rectrices not regularly limited and round, but 

 of irregular shape and less sharply defined. 



162. Metallura primolina Bonn-. 



Two /«a/(?s and one /t'Mff/f, Mount Cayambe, about 12,000 feet above the sea. 

 "Feet and bill entirely black." It was observed in sheltered valleys of rivers 

 descending from Cayambe Mountain, frequenting the flowering bushes which 

 cover these valleys. It was most frequently seen perching. 



iletalluru at>igul(n-is Salv. 'chiefly differs in the black centre of the throat in 

 the adult male, and is hardly much more than a subspecies oi primolimi. 



163. Heliothrix auritus (Gm.). 



t!himbo and Paramba. It was often observed liovering just in front of the 

 hunter. All that were procured were shot when hovering before the collector, 

 and several were lost through their hovering so close to the gun that they were 

 Mown to pieces or not fired at. 



104. Petasophora iolata Cmilcl. 

 Lake Yaguarcocha, 6700 feet, Ibarra, Cayambe, 9300 feet, and one from the 

 highlands of Quito, presented by ( Consul 8i)derstrom. The latter is much more 

 golden above and on the breast, a colour which is due to freshness of plumage and 

 not local. 



10."). Petasophora cyanotis (Bourc). 



J juv., Ibarra, May 30th, i^UT. 



