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one of tlie most bnlliuut I liids, closely reseiiiMinsr, in its bri^jlit scarlet coloration, 

 some of the bcantifnl Hawaiian Diepunhhw. 



There is a faint jiossibility that '' Dacnis salmoni" Sclatcr, ( <it. II. Brit. Mn.s. 

 XI. p. 27, Plate II. fig. 2, only known from a single female from Antioiinia, 

 belongs to a closely allied form with a red miili\ or even to the same si>ecios ; but 

 the rather smaller size and diflFcrent locality make it very improbable that " Dncnis 

 salmoni " is the female of Xemosia rosenbergi, althongh it must be pointed out that 

 the former is really a .Xemo.sia and not a Dacnis, a fact explained to me by my 

 learned friend Count Berlepsch, with type in hand. 



54. Thlypopsis ornata (Scl.j. 



One ?, Ibarra, 6600 feet. "Iris brown." I cannot see sufficient reason for 

 separating TIdijpopsi.s from Nemo.na, the longer beak not being a quite constant 

 character for the members of this supposed genus, and the stronger bristles being 

 not even sufficient for specific separation ! 



■M. Pheucticus chrysopeplus chrysogaster (Less.). 



Ibarra and Cayambe, up to 9300 feet. 



P. c/in/iiO(/a.ster is really so closely allied to P. chrysopeplus that it seems to be 

 logical to regard it only as a subspecies of the latter, which it re])laccs in Ecuador, 

 Peru, and parts of Venezuela. 



56. Volatinia jacarini splendens (V.). 

 Paramba, Ibarra. 



57. Chrysomitris icterica capitalis fab. 

 A large series of immature birds and /«/«'//(,« from Ibarra. 



68. Sycalis arvensis luteiventris (lleyen). 

 Ibarra and Cayambe, up to nearly 10,U0() feet. 



59. Oryzoborus funereus Scl. 

 Cachavi, 500 feet. " Iris brown." 



60. Spermophila ophthalmica ^cl. 



Cachavi, 500 feet. " Iris ilark brown." They feed on seeds, but small beetles 

 were also found in their stomachs. 



61. Spermophila luctuosa LaiV. 

 C'ommon at Ibarra and Paramba. 



62. Spermophila gutturalis olivacea Hcrlp. & Tacz. 



Paramba. There are no doubt at least tliree races of what is called S. gutturalis 

 in Cat. B. XII. p. 128 :— 



