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fuliicrissa, while in one of our purjmrasccns (the type) the outer rectrices have no 

 white at all, in the other a narrow streak on the inner webs. The yellow on the 

 forehead is a little more extended. The female does not seem to differ in any 

 important character from the female of typical J'ldricrissa, except that, apparently, 

 the rnfous on the forehead is more extended. 



(? ad. Pambilar, N.W. Ecuador, 15. ix. 1900, 60 ft. above the sea level 

 (type). " Iris red-brown, feet dark grey, bill black, base of lower bill greyish.' 

 Wing 54, tail 28 mm. 



cJ ad. S. Javier, about 60 ft. above the sea, 19. vi. 1900. " Iris brown, feet 

 grey, bill black, base of lower bill grey." Wing 54-5, tail 28 mm. 



S ad. S. Javier, 30. v. 1900. Wing 52-5 mm. 



? ad. S. Javier, 25. vii. 1900. Wing 53 mm. 



(? juv. S. Javier, 18. v. 1900. Wing 53 mm. 



6. Dacnis berlepschi Hart. (PI. V. fig. 1 3 ad., 2 ? ad.). 



In Bull. B.O.C. XI. p. 37 (Dec. 1900), I described the adult ? of this magni- 

 ficent species as the male, having received an erroneously sexed specimen. In Bull. 

 B.O.C. XI. p. 44 it was announced that the type was a female, and the real adult 

 c? was exhibited by Mr. Rothschild in the June meeting of the B.O. Club. The 

 adult male looks as follows : 



c? ad. Chin, throat, jngulum, crown and nape hyacinth-blue. Back and upper 

 wing-coverts light^blue; the feathers with a black bar in the middle, the exposed 

 portions light blue with still lighter whitish-lilue shaft-stripes ; rump palest and 

 with indistinct shaft-stripes. Remiges and rectrices black with dull blue outer 

 margins. Under wing-coverts buffy white, the outer ones near the edge dark bine. 

 Breast brilliant fiery-red, the feathers being buff about the middle, grey at base, 

 and the exposed portions somewhat rigid, hair-like, and their brilliant red colour 

 merging into the 3'ellowish buff abdomen. Under tail-coverts whitish buff. Thighs 

 blackish. Wing 67 mm., tail about 50, bill 14, metatarsus 15. "Iris yellow, bill 

 and feet black." 



? . ad. Above brown. Throat and jngulum light brown. Breast glossy fiery 

 red. Centre of abdomen pale brown with an orange tinge, sides of, abdomen rusty 

 brown. Wing 61 to 62 mm. The young male is like the ?Aw\i female, but larger. 



Lita, Carondelet and S. Javier, N.W. Ecuador. 



7. GraUaria parambae Rothsch. (PI. V. fig. 3). 

 Mr. W. Rothschild described this species in Bull. B.O.C. XI. p. 36, from a 

 female from Paramba in North Ecuador. The type is still unique in the Tring 

 Museum. The whole upperside is dark olive-brown with a rnfous tinge, which is 

 strongest on the outer webs of the remiges. Tail deep rufous, the upper tail-coverts, 

 which appear to be hidden by the long rump-feathers, as a rule, are of a bright rust- 

 culour. Lores with light bases to the feathers. Under-surface rufous-ochraceons, 

 on either side of the throat a dark shaded line. Sides of body washed with dark 

 brown. Wing 107 mm., tail 45, metatarsus 48, bill 30. 



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