50 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 14. N:0 25. 



Pionus corallinus Bp. — 1 sp. V75 near Gualea, 4000 f.; 

 1 sp. ^Vo' below Minde, same altitude. 



Pionus seniloides gerontodes Finsch. — 1 c^, -75' 1 ?? 

 ^V„ 1 $, 7,0, Alonguinche, 9000 f.; 1 J, ^7,, 1 S, ^7io, 1 (^. 'Vit, 

 Pigan ta, western slope of Mojanda, 8 — 9800 f. 



Pionus chalcopterus Fras. — 6 specimens of both sexes 

 collected in the months of July, August and Oct. at and near 

 Gualea, 4500 — 5000 f. Out of these two have the inner edges 

 of the tail-feathers reddish towards the base, the others ver- 

 diter-blue. This variation is thus purely individual. 



Pionopsitta barrabandi Kuhl. — Two males and a female, 

 all collected in the month of Dec. near river Curaray, El Oriente, 

 about 1000 f. 



Pionopsitta pulchra Berl. — Two males and two females, 

 collected near Gualea in Sept. — Oct. at an altitude of 4000 f. 



Steatornis caripensis Humb. — 1 $, ^7i5 1 c?> Vn» 1 c^' Vip 

 stone-quarries outside Quito, 9500 — 10000 f.; 1 $, ^7i' Pichin- 

 cha, »amongst the rocks», 13000 f.; 1 sp. without locality. 

 On some of the labels Consul Söderström has remarked, 

 that the specimen has been brought to him alive. He says 

 also that it is rather rare, but sometimes found in the quar- 

 ries above Quito, »below Mindo in the woods it is more com- 

 mon ». 



The well known variation in size in these birds is very 

 apparent in these specimens as well, the smallest having a 

 length of wing amounting to only 268 mm., while the same 

 dimension of the largest is 310 mm. In these collections the 

 males are smaller t han the females. 



Ceryle torquata Lin. — An adult male without locality 

 and a young male from fish-ponds in the Chillo valley ^72 ? 

 8570 f. It is stated to occur sometimes at the artificial fish- 

 ponds at the locality mentioned. 



Ceryle amazons Lath. — 1 (^, 7io' river Machangara, be- 

 low Quito, 9000 f . »Found but rarely along the river Machan- 

 gara, just below Quito» (L. S.). 



Ceryle americana Gml. — 1 (^, 7io, below Gualea, 3000 

 f.; 1 $, ^73' river Machangara below Quito. The bill of the 

 male is rather large, culmen measuring 46 mm., thus similar 



