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3. Sclerurus mexicanus obscurior subsi). nov. 



Difl'ei's from •Sc/cn/n^s mexicanus mexicanus as follows : — • 



Altojretber mucli darker. The rusty rnfous colour of'tlie throat is not extended 

 over the breast, and is not quite so bright, the upperside is darker, the iiroi)ygiiim 

 is not cLestnnt, but deep rufous-brown, only in the young bird it is a little brighter, 

 though still much less so than in typical mexicanus ; also the crissum is darker and 

 less rusty rufous than in true mexicanus. 



" ? " (? c? !} Lita, N.W. Ecuador, 20. x. IS'JO (type). Wing «3, tail 55, 

 metatarsus 22, bill 22 mm. 



" ? " Buhin, N.^V. Ecuador, lOU ft. high, 17. xi. 1000. "Iris brown, feet 

 black, bill blackish, below whitish." Wing 7S, tail 51, metatarsus 22"5, bill 20 mm. 



" t?"juv. Paramba, 3500 ft, 22. viii. I81JU. Still darker, more brown below 

 than the type, but rump a little more rufous. 



4. Pittasoma rufopileatum sp. uov. 



Differs from Pittasoma michleri and zeledoni in the colour of the crown, which 

 is bright rufous, not black. 



(f ad. (? and ¥ ). Bill blackish slate-colour, " iris brown." Pileum bright 

 rufons, edged with lighter rusty rnfous. Wide line from the base of the bill, 

 through the eye to the side of the najie, black. Sides of liead pale rufous, throat- 

 feathers rusty rnfous, white at base, shaft partially black, tiny spots near tip and 

 on lateral margin black. Under-surface barred black and white, becoming more 

 olive-greyish-brown towards the sides and chest, flanks uniform brownish olive. 

 Upperside pale olive, the feathers of the interscainilinm widely margined with black. 

 Eeniiges blackish-brown, exteriorly margined with rufous olive-brown. Wing- 

 coverts with a Ijuffy white tiji and black border around the tip. Under wing-coverts 

 deep brown, with two white patches. Thighs olive, with pale buff shaft-lines, and 

 sometimes a little barred in front ; feet dark bluish-slate. Bill (from forehead) 28, 

 wing 95 to lol, metatarsus 47 to .50, tail about 30 mm. 



Juv. (? and ? ad.) Upperside like the adnlt male, the superciliary black stripe 

 spotted with white along the shafts of the feathers. Under-surface bright rusty- 

 bulF, olive on the flanks and sides, sparsely spotted with black, uniform on throat 

 and along the middle of the abdomen. Wing 95 to 97 mm. 



Salidero, Bulun (type), Rio Bogota, in N.W. Ecuador, 160 to 350 ft. above 

 the sea. 



The specimens are collected by Messrs. Miketta and Flemming. AVe have 

 intermediate plnniages between the two here described, so that it is evident that 

 the birds with rusty underside arc immature. The sexes noted on the labels would 

 indicate that the sexes are alike, but I do not know if they are reliable. 



5. Euphonia fulvicrissa purpurascens subsp. nov. 



Kuptionia fulricrisxa is known iVom Xorthcrn Colombia and Panama. I have 

 compared the series in the British Museum, and find that tlie male birds IVoni 

 Ecuador are much more pnr])le above and on the throat, not so steel-blue as typical 

 fulvicrissa, a peculiarity also pointed out to me by Count Berlejjsch, who kindly 

 compared my type. Another differentiating character is the restriction of the 

 white in the tail. The outer pair of rectrices have a large white patch in typical 



