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M. Phaethornis superciliosus (Liim.) (?). 

 Tliere is oue siugip specimen shot in May at Naranjal, near tiie Kio Pesi'ado, 

 which seems tu belong to this species. We will speak of this bird again, if 

 comparison of further material should alter onr opinion about it. 



54. Pygmornis griseigularis ((ionld). 

 A fine series, shot in May near Zamora, licuador. This species can always 

 easily be distingnished from P. stiiigularis by its rufmis under surface. 



o5. Pygmornis striigularis (Gould). 

 Kio PescaJo, near Naranjal, Ecuador, Jaunary. This s])ccies can always easily 

 be distinguished from P. i/riseigtdaris by its much more greyish breast and 

 abdomen, and by the under tail-coverts being ihdl whitish instead of rufous, as in 

 P. yriseiyularis. 



SCj. Campylopterus villavicencio (Bourc). 

 Oue male and two females, in good plumage, shot at Zauiora, Ecuador, in May. 

 The females have the wing niue millimetres shorter than the male. 



57. Aphantochroa hyposticta (iould. 



Zamora, (lualaijuiza, Kio Negro Hacienda, Kio Pastassa, -luly and August. 

 The female is entirely sinjilar to the male. 



58. Urochroa bougueri (Bourc). 



Ou the Rio Pastassa, east of the Andes, at elevations of 4iiii(i feet, duly -.'21111 

 to July 3(lth in good plumage. 



The series contains two adult males and si.\ adult females, all sexed liy the 

 collector. The males agree with .Salviu's description (Gat. B., .\vi., p. :5i)l); the 

 females have a chestnut patch on either side of the gape, but otherwise they are 

 similar to the male. The extent of the black on the outei- rectrices varies in the 

 males as well as in the females. If UrochrOK Iciicara of Lawrence {Auii. Li/c. N. )'., 

 viii., p. 45) is a distinct species, all these specimens would belong to it, but according 

 to Elliot and Salviu the names of U. botu/ueri and U. leacura refer to one species. 



59. Docimastes ensiferus (Boiss.). 



A small scries was collected between October and December, when they were . 

 found to be in perfect plumage. They were observed on both sides oi' tlic .-Viidcs :i.i 

 elevations of from 8000 to 12,000 feet. 



Heine {J./. 0., 1803, p. 215) first distinguislied tiie Ecuadiirian bird as /'vci- 

 mnstes schliephacki, and Berlejisch and Taczanuwski degraded it to the subspecific 

 rank. The difference seems to lay only in the longer beak of the Ecuadorian bird, 

 but this cliaracter now seems to us not at all constant, although the majority of the 

 Ecuador birds may have a longer beak. 



()i). Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourc. k. Muls.j. 

 East slopes of tin- .\ndes in Ecuador, Zatnora, Gualaqiuza, Rio Negro, near Rio 

 Pastassa. 



In good plumage from Maj- to fjeptember. 



