( 600 ) 



"9." Vaqiieria, " iris rfd<lish lirown, feet yellowish lirown, bill blaok, lirown 

 nnderneatli. 



"?." Rio Jiipayo, 4:i0 ft. liitrb, ''iris grey, feet yellowisli grey, bill black, grey 

 underneath." 



All these three birds an- darker than twenty speeiinens from other cnniitries, 

 the crowns almost slate-colour or (in the bird from Vaiiueria) slaty black. The last 

 is also ranch darker below, almost chestnnt-rufons. 



I believe that these birds should be separated snbspecifically, but considering 

 their individual variability and the variation generally exhibited in this species, I 

 refrain for the present from bestowing a name on these birds. Typical jnli-atiis is from 

 Cayenne (Bodd. Tabl. PL ilnl p. 51. No. 829 (1783) ex PL EnL 829-Cayenne). 

 Sclater's name mesfinitknis belongs to the Mexican form, which seems not at all like 

 our W. Ecuadorian birds, nor seem the CosLa Rica birds (moi/rsf'ts ( 'ab.) to be so 

 dark above. 



Crypturus berlepschi Rothsih. 



Cri/pt'/ru.s lirrle/isc/ii Rothsch., li'/lL B. (>. C. vii. l.s'.)T. p. 5 (Cachave) ; Hart., 

 Nov. ZooL. V. 1S98. p. f)U5. PI. III. fig. 2. 



Specimens have been sent from Lita, Pulun, and Carondelet, all perfectly agreeing 

 with the type. " Iris light reddish brown (yellowish brown, brown), feet dark brown, 

 bill black, light red at base." "(?," wing 1T4, bill from end of featliering ~'(i, 

 tarsus ; oil "$" wing 188, bill 27,tarsns 58;"?," wing 183, bill 27, tarsus 5.Jmm. 



GALLIFORMES. 



Penelope ortoni Salv. 

 Rio Bogotd. 



Odontophorus parambae Rothsch. 



Odontophoras parambae Rothsch., BulL B. 0. C. vii. 1807. p. fi. (Paramba) ; 

 Hart. Nov. ZooL. V. 1898. \k 5o5. PI. III. fig. 1. 



Fnrther specimens have been received from the Rio Verde, 3200 ft., Paramba, 

 Lita, and Pambilar. 



The males are larger than ihe/e males {i wing 151 to 154, tarsus 47 mm.), luit 

 otherwise there is no appreciable ditference between the sexes [cf Salvad. it. Festa, 

 Boll. R. Unit: Torino XV. {l\)W)it. 3!»]. 



Rhynchortyx cinctus (Salvin). 



Octontophorii.% ri/ir//is Saiviii, ]/j/.i 1^70. p. 379 (Veragua) ; Rowley, (>r/i. .I/Zv. 

 iii. 1878. p. 39. PL LXXXVI. (figure of type). 



Odontopliorus .^poiliostethiis Salvin, Ihis 1878. p. 447 (Veragua) ; Riehnmiiil, 

 Proc. U. S. ^'at. Miis. .\vi. p. 524 (I,MI3) (Nicaragua and Panama). 



P/ii/iic/torti/x spodiostetliti.'i and rhiHus Grant, Cat. B. xxii. 1893. i)p. 443, 444. 



A series of siiccimens from Buliin, Rio Bogota, and Pambilar in N.W. Ecuador 

 shows distinctly {\vAi Rli. chictK.t is the young (? and _/('»«(/«') of R/i. .yioiliostcilrK. 

 One moulting "yVwa/c " from Buli'in (30. xi. 1900) shows the chest mixed ralim-i 

 ftud ashy grey, the greyish rump of " spodiostethus ' and the black and wlii e 



