( fi()9 ) 



As the curious forms with the serrated edge liave apparently no uaiu_', 1 imII 

 that genns : 



Craspedoprion geu. nov. 



T^vpe : Craspedoj/n'on aeqidnoctialis. 



The figures will explain the differences in the shape of the bills. 



Crasjfrdt'jrriofi 

 aitjuinoctinllg. 



Ravtphot rujoit 

 rvJii'aKtla. 



Rhijitrhocyclns 

 viegariphtiUi Jlavutt'ctn.'t. 



Rhy tichoc tjcUts 

 fiarivniter. 



Tyrannus niveigularis Scl. 



Ti/raiinns nkcigularis Scl. I'.Z. S. ISUU. p. 281 (Babahoyo, W. Ecuador). 



Two young birds, nude and female, of this rare W. Ecuadorian species were 

 obtained at S. Javier on April 3i)th and May 3rd, 10(J0. " Iris brown, bill and feet 

 black." 



The yellow vertical crest is not developed, the outer primaries not acuminated, 

 the wing-covorts are edged with pale riifous-brown, the chest greyish olive. 



$ ? ad. S.Javier, June and July, 1900. " Iris brown, bill and feet black." 



The yellow vertical patch is very extensive. Wings 105-7 mm. 



S ad. Pambilar, a. ix. lUUO. Wing (rather worn) about 103 mm. 



COTINGIDAE. 

 Pachyrhamplius albogriseus similis Salviu. 



\_Parhiirhamjihus (dljO(iriseus Scl., P. Z. S. 1857, p. 78 (Bogota coll.).] 



Ftic/ii/r//(iiHjj/iug similis Salvin, Nov. Zool. 18U5. p. 13 (N. Pern, Ecuador, 

 Merida in Venezuela : typical locality N. Pern, Chusgon) ; Salvad. & Festa, Bull. 

 Mas. Zool., etc., Torino, No. 302. 181)9. p. 16 (B. Peripa). 



Farlii/rhamphus albogriseus {jion Scl.), Hartert Nov. Zool. 18'-'8. p. 48!) 

 ((.'himbo, N.W. Ecuador). 



S ad. (jhimbo, Rosenberg coll., ? 8. Javier, Flemmiug coll., ? Archidona, E. 

 Ecuador, (xoodfellow & Hamilton coll. 



Wlien writing iu 1898 I overlooked that Salvin had united the Ecuadorian 

 birds with his similis. I believe now that there are even more subspecies. In the 

 males from Merida in Venezuela the central rect rices seem to be (? always) black like 

 the lateral ])airs, while in Peruvian and Ecuadorian ones they are greyish. The 

 distribution of the supposed two forms is not satisfactory. If the (Eastern) Andes 

 of Bogota have alljoi/rise't.'<, how can s/mil/s inhabit N. Peru, E. and W. Ecuador, and 

 Merida in Venezuela ! ? 



Aulia tertia 



nov. 



S. .\iilta rnfo-ciiinamoniea, subtus pallidior : uroiiygii iilnniis subtili>>inic 

 nigroterminatis ; alls nigricautibus, pogoniis e.xternis rufo-cinnamomeis, lulus 



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