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8000 f.; 2 Jc^ "V,, below Nono, 8000 f.; c^ & $ Vg, Silanti, 

 western side of Corazon. 



Conirostrum fraseri ScL. — 2 (^(^ & 2 Vio? 1 c^ Vs? Tumbaco, 

 7500 f.; c^ & $ ^73, 1 $ 173, Chinquil, southwestern side of 

 Pichincha, 9000 f.; 1 $ '''%, 1 (^ ^Vs, Cumbaya, 8000 f.; 1 ? '/„ 

 near Nono, 9000 f . Consul Söderström states that this species 

 is found on the mountains mentioned and others up to a 

 lieight of 10000 feet, and that it always lives in the bushes. 



Chlorophanes spiza exsul Berl. & Tacz. — \ <^, 1 $ 'Z^, 

 below Nanegal, 4000 f. This specimen proves when compared 

 with specimens of C. s. guatemalensis from Costa Rica and 

 Guatemala to be decidedly ^aler green. The length of the 

 wing is 71 mm., while a specimen from Costa Rica has this 

 measurement only 38 mm. Specimens from Guatemala are 

 larger with the length of wdng 74 to 77 mm. As the authors 

 of the subspecies has pointed out, the bill of the race from 

 Ecuador is much smaller than the same organ of the Guatemala 

 race, and this together with the påle green colour makes it 

 easily recognisable, although it is not smaller in every respect 

 than the birds from Central America. 



In a similar way a female collected at the same place as 

 the above male and only a day låter is not particularly small, 

 with a length of wing amounting to 68 mm., but its bill is 

 smaller than that of birds from Central America and its general 

 colour is perhaps a little more yellowish. This is distinctly 

 the case with the throat, which is very decidedly yellow. 



Procnias viridis occidentalis ScL. — 1 c^ & 1 (^ juv. 75' 

 Gualea, 5000 f.; (^ & ? V„ Nanegal, 4000 f.; (^ & ? "/„ near 

 Mindo. The length of the wing of the four males varies be- 

 tween 84 and 90 mm. and is thus rather variable. The young 

 male has a rather stränge mixture of male- and female-looking 

 juvenile plumage. 



Euphonia cyanocephala pelzelni Berl. — 1 9 ^7?' ^ S(^ 

 7„ 2 Jc^, 1 $ 7,„ Tumbaco, 7500 f.; 2 c^c^, 1 ? %, 1 ^ %, 

 1 $ 79' 1 J Vii' Cumbaya, 8000 f. »Found also at Guapulo 

 etc; feeds on the Mistletoe berries; flies in flocks of from 3 

 to 8 from one tree to the other. » (L. S.) 



Euphonia xanthogaster quitensis Nelson. — 2 (^(^, 1 $ 



