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the metallic gloss on the head, and also on the upper tail- 

 coverts, although perhaps not quite so much. The blue speci- 

 mens correspond no doubt to T. heliothrix Tschudi, which 

 thus is only an individual variation found in Ecuador as well. 

 The specimens with blue gloss ha ve as a rule paler, less yellow 

 bilis, and they give the impression of being less mature. 



Trogonurus collaris virginalis Cab. & Heine. — 1 male 

 from Mindo; 1 female from Gualea. 



Trogonurus curucui Lin. (T. rufus Gml.) subsp. atricollis 

 ViEiLL.? — Male and female from below Gualea. These two 

 specimens do not belong to the subspecies, cupreicauda, which 

 Chapman has described from western Colombia, because there 

 is a conspicuous white band between the green of the chest 

 and the yellow of the abdomen in the male; and a rather broad 

 grey band in the female at the junction of the brown and 

 yellow. The central tail-feathers are metallic green in the 

 male. With the present unsatisfactory status of our know- 

 ledge about the races of T. curucui it is difficult to express 

 any definite opinion about the race inhabiting western Ecuador. 



Trogon strigilatus chionurus Scl. & Salv. — 1 c^, 1 ?, 

 7ii, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 3000 f. The female has 

 the three outer tail-feathers tipped and barred with white. 

 The white pattern thus varies greatly in this species. 



Coccyzus americanus Lin. — 1 c^, ^""U, below Nono, 8000 f.; 

 1 ?, ^712, 1 ?, ^73, 1 (^ 7^, 1 ? '74. Cumbaya, 6 miles east of 

 Quito, 8000 f . It is stated to be »rare », but sometimes found 

 at Cumbaya, mostly single, but Consul Söderström has also 

 met with the same in the woods below Nono. »It feeds on 

 insects and caterpillars. » 



Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Ridgw. — 1 $ ^U, above 

 Guapulo, 8800 f. This specimen is decidedly larger than 

 the other ones, wing 150 and tail 147 mm., and may thus 

 correctly be referred to the western race. 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus Vieill. — 2 males collected at 

 Cumbaya in Febr. 



Coccyzus erythropJithalmus Wils. — 1 ? 7.i> Guapulo, 3 

 miles east of Quito, 9000 f.; 1 3^, ""A, near La Carolina. 



Piaya cayana nigricrissa Scl. — 1 S, "U, road to Gualea, 



