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1 d', 1 ?, Vn, road to Gualea, 8000 f.; 1 J ^Vj, 2 c^J, 1 $ 

 , road to Nanegal, 7500 f. 



Euphonia saturata Cab. — I ^ ^Ys' road to Nanegal, 7500 f. 



Chlorochrysa phcenicotis Bp. — 1 (^ ^"/j, 1 $ juv. ^%, 1 c^, 

 1 $ Vio, Nanegal, 4—5000 f. 



Iridophanes pulcJierrima (aureinucha Ridgway, or) gicaleae 

 11. subsp. 1 c^ ^Vs, 1 c^ 1V3, 1 ^ ^y„ 1 (^ "/„ Gualea, 4—5000 f. 

 The white mark 011 the outer tail-feather together with the 

 rich orange golden cervical eollar unites these specimens with 

 the aureinucha-series. I. aureinucha appears hitherto to ha ve 

 been known from eastern Ecuador. The question is then, 

 Avhether these western birds really are identical with the true 

 aureinucha. Without material for comparison it is difficult 

 to decide upon this as the available descriptions are rather 

 short. There aj)pears, however, to be certain discrepancies. 

 Ridgway says f. i. about his aureinucJia: »throat duU grayish, 

 not abruptly contrasted with the color of the jugulum», while 

 pulcherrima shall have the throat »deep black, abruptly con- 

 trasted » . . . Now in our specimens from Gualea the throat 

 is not black, but grey, but on the other hand it certainly is 

 very sharply contrasted with the påle buff and opalescent 

 jugulum. As this characterstic is quite as sharply developed 

 in all four males from Gualea it seems apt to distinguish 

 t hem as representatives of a local race. It may be added, 

 t hat the margins of the primaries in two specimens are green 

 and in the remaining two somewhat greenish blue. The female 

 differs from the description by Taczanovski & Berlepsch 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 76) in having the wing-coverts and 

 the margins of the quills green instead of »bleu verdatre». 

 This green of the wing-coverts approaches to some degree 

 »Rinnemans green» according to Ridgeavay's terminology and 

 differs widely from the more olive shades of the back. 



Procnopis vassori Boiss. — 1 $ ^Vg' below Mindo, 6 — 8000 

 f.; 1 ? 17,, 1 S 'Vs. 1 S '/lo, below Nono, from 6—8000 f. in 

 April, 8—9000 f. Aug. & Oct. 



Calospiza rufigula Bp. — 1 c^ Vs, 1 $ V5. 1 ? 'A. 1 (^ '7;^ 

 Gualea 5000 f. 



Calospiza aurulenta gjoodsoni Hart. — 2 (^J, 1 $ Vs» 1 c^> 

 1 ? V4. 1 S 'Vs, 1 c^ 'Vs, 1 ? "Is, road to Nanegal, 6000 f. 



