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5500 f.; 1 c^ Vii' 1 (^ ^7i2' 1 ? ^Vi2' Canchacoto, road to Chone, 

 6000 f.; (^ & $ 'Ve, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 3000 f.; 

 1 ^, ^7,0. Mindo, 5500 f . 



Piaya rutila gracilis Heine. — 1 c^ ^/4 1919, near Gualea, 

 5500 f. This race is very much paler on head, neck and chest 

 t han specimens from f. i. Surinam, and t hus easily recognised. 



Neomorphus radiolosus Salv. — \ S "/e^ 1920, Gualea, 

 5000 f. It may be remarked, that this specimen possesses 

 a well defined black band across the breast, which otherwise 

 as well in front of as behind this band is barred with white. 

 The light bars on the forehead and front of the crown are 

 buffish white (not »brownish buff»), the outer tail-feathers 

 and the tips of the middle ones have a purplish gloss. The 

 abdomen is not uniform, but barred with dirty white, although 

 more finely t han the breast. As we have only one specimen 

 we cannot decide, whether these differences are constant or 

 not. 



Tapera naevia excellens Scl. — \ ^ ^7ii' Fanti road to 

 Manabi, 4000 f. As the length of wing of this specimen is 

 116 mm., it may be counted to the larger Central American 

 race. According to Consul Söderström it is rare in Ecuador. 



Capito (Eubucco) bourcieri aequatorialis Sal vad. & Festa 

 — 1 c^, ^72, Rio Blanco, below Mindo, 4000 f.; c^ & ? ^Vn, 

 Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 3000 f . The red of the males 

 does not extend on to the lower breast, but the colour of 

 the latter is not as Ridgway says deeply orange (Birds N. & 

 M. Am. Vol. VI, 1914, p. 315). On the contrary the colour 

 of the breast is pure yellow or lemon yellow. The discrepancy 

 is due to the fact that the author quoted had not seen the 

 true cequatorialis, but Colombian specimens låter on named 

 occidentalis by Chapman. Menegaux has 1911 (Mission Mes. 

 Are. Merid. Equat., Zoologie, T. 9, B. p. 23) correctly rede- 

 scribed the males of this subspecies and also pointed out the 

 resemblance between the female of the same and that of the 

 Central American C. b. salvini Shelley. 



Semnornis rhamphastinus Jard. — 2 males and a female 

 from Milligalli, road to Chone, 6000 f., all collected in March. 



Bhamphastos swainsoni Gould. — \ ^, ^/^, below Mindo, 



