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they are not directly comparable with ours, because we have 

 looked at the distribution from a different point of view. 



Having thus given a general review of the zonal distribu- 

 tion of the species and subspecies of birds in this collection, 

 we now proceed to enumerate them together with the notes 

 about the localities, where they have been collected, which 

 have been furnished by Consul Söderström. In several in- 

 stances he has also added remarks of value about the occur- 

 rence of the different species based on his long experience 

 about the fauna of Ecuador, and these are then also quoted. 



The descriptions of the new forms together with discussion 

 of some others are also to be found in the following pages. 



With regard to the order of the species we have followed 

 Brabourne and Chubb: »The Birds of South America». 

 London 1912. 



Tinamus robustus inexpectatus Brab. & Chubb. — (^ 

 & $ collected resp. 2 & 4 Aug. near Gualea altitude 4000 — 

 5000 f., and also a specimen from the slopes of Mojanda altit. 

 9000 f . Two of these specimens have the feathers of the nape 

 subapically tinged mth rufous. An egg presumably of this 

 race from Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 7i25 measures 63,8 

 X 47,7 mm. It is beautiful greenish-blue. 



Tinamus ruficeps ScL. & Salv. — (^ & ? '7i' 1 (^ 'Va. 

 near Rio Napo, altit. 3000 f. 



Tinamus guttatus Pelz. — 1 ? ^Va, near Rio Napo, altit. 

 3000 f. 



Nothocercus julius Bp. — 1 (^ V12. 1 ? "^k^ below Lloa, 

 slopes of Pichincha, altit. 9000 f. 



1 ^ isy^^^ i ^ i3y^^ Algonquinche, southern side of Mojanda, 



9000 f. 



1 S 'Vs, Maspa below Papallacta, 8500 f. 



These specimens have all of them the secondaries barred 

 only on the outer web and thus they c an not be referred to 

 N. Julius salvadorii (fide Chapman, 1921). 



Nothocercus plumbeiceps n. — 1 c^ "/12 1916, Baeza, road 

 to Napo, 5500 f. 



This birds appears to be most closely related to Notho- 



