58 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 14. NIO 25. 



Boissoneaua matthewsi Bourc. — »Quinde café Guela. » 

 1 !^, 1 $, Baeza, Bafios. The whole year; altitude 6000 feet. 



Boissonneaua flavescens tinochlora Oberholser. — »Quinde 

 Café del Monte. » 2 c^^^, 1 ?, Milligalli, Mindo. The whole 

 year; altitude about 6000 feet. 



Vestipedes luciani Bourc. — »Påta blanca. » 8 specimens. 

 Pichincha, Corazon. The whole year; altitude 11000 — 12000 

 feet. 



Vestipedes vestitus smaragdinipectus Gould. — »Påta 

 blanca maspa. » 1 (^, Maspa, below Papallacta. December — 

 January; altitude 7000—8000 feet. 



Vestipedes mosquera Delattre & Bourc. — »Dorado. » 



1 c^, 1 ?, Mojanda, (rare). November — March; altitude 11000 

 to 12000 feet. Consul Söderström states, that this species 

 now is extinct on the Pichincha. 



The green on the under tail-coverts is very slightly deve- 

 loped. Both specimens ha ve white bases to the feathers of 

 the throat. 



Vestipedes lugens Gould. — »Mönja negra. » 1 ^, below 

 Nanegal, Palma Real, and Gualea. May — July, altitude 3000 

 —4000 feet. Rare. 



Vestipedes nigrivestis Bourc. & Muls. — »Negro Jame- 

 soni» = c?, »Dorado Jamesoni» = $. 2 ^(^, 4$?, western 

 slopes of Pichincha. May — June, altitude 9000 — 10000 feet. 



Vestipedes russata Gould. — »Påta blanca maspa. » 1 c^, 

 Maspa, below Papallacta, and below Baeza. January, altitude 

 5000 feet. 



Vestipedes derby i Delattre & Bourc. — »Påta negra. » 



2 ^^, 1 9, San Gabriel, Tulcan, Hunca, Prov. Carchi. Novem- 

 ber— January; 10000—11000 feet. 



The bill of the female is 19 mm., that of the males resp. 

 18 and 20 mm. It appears thus difficult to maintain Hartert's 

 subspecies »longirostris ». 



Ocreatus melanantherus Jardine. — »Tijereta. » ^ SS, 



3 ?$$, Gualea, Canchacoto, Mindo. The whole year; altitude 

 about 6000 feet. 



One of the females exhibits a very interesting anomaly. 

 It is otherwise in normal female plumage, but has the right 



