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1 S 7i2, 1 »9» ^7„ Pichincha, 10000—11500 f.; 1 unsexed 

 7io5 western side of Mojanda, 9000 f.; 1 (^ rather young, near 

 Gualea, 5000 f.; 1 (^ juv. ^^1^, Carapungo north-northeast of 

 Quito, 8500 f. 



The first mentioned of this very instructive series is con- 

 siderably darker on the lower side than the type as described 

 by Lawrence, because it is entirel}^ dark plumbeous all över 

 even on the belly, with the exception of some few obsciirely 

 rufous, scattered feathers and some others tipped with a similar 

 shade. The following four agree with the original description, 

 although the shade of rufous or cinnamon of the belly is more 

 or less saturated. 



The young bird is very similar to the young A. v. ventralis 

 as well with regard to pattern as colour, and indeed we are 

 thouroughly convinced that tliis series only represents dark 

 males of the same. The length of wing of the youngest specimen 

 above is 165 mm., the same measurement of four of the others 

 is from 170 to 175 mm., but in the last it amounts to as much 

 as 189 mm. With the exception of the last one this dimension 

 thus agrees with the corresponding one recorded for A. v. 

 ventralis. Considering the amount of variation in size of t en 

 found among Sparrowhawks w^e do not think that the some- 

 Avhat greater size of one of the specimens prohibits our identi- 

 fication. It may also be observed that in all cases in which 

 the sex is knoTVTi, with one exception in either series, possibly 

 due to some mistake, all specimens of the former series have 

 been stated to be females, and in the latter to be males. As 

 may be seen from the localities recorded both the larger and 

 the smaller specimens have been collected in exactly or nearly 

 the same places, and it is hardly possible to believe in the 

 occurrence of two different, but at the same time so similar 

 »races» in the same district. 



Accipiter erythrocnemis Gray. — 1 $ ^Vs» Pomasqui 12 

 miles north of Quito, 8500 f.; 1: c^, ^*I^q, above Nono 11000 f.; 

 1 S ^Vs» western side of Mojanda, 10000 f.; 1 juv. unsexed 

 "/s, Niebli, west of San Antonio. 



These specimens, young as well as adult, agree completely 

 with the descriptions in the litterature, and there can be no 

 mistake whatever as to the identity. The length of the wing 

 is 173 mm. in the male, and 190 mm. in the female. These 



