1. DIGL0S3A. 5 



Colombian form of this species a:s D.simiJ is, but I cannot agree with 

 this view (see ' Ibis,' 1875, p. 209). Ecuadorian specimens are 

 rather paler below. 



3. Diglossa gloriosa. 



Diglossa gloriosa, Scl et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 784, pi. 46. fig. 1 ; iid. 

 Nomencl. p. 15 ; Scl. Ibis, 187-5, p. 210. 



Above black, rump passing into cinereous ; smaller ■wing-coverts 

 and ill-defined superciliaries grej- ; below black, middle of abdomen 

 and crissum red ; under wing-coverts blackish ; bill black ; feet horn- 

 colour : whole length 5-2 inches, wing 2-5, tail 2-2. Female not 

 known. 



Hah. Andes of Merida, Venezuela. 



The only specimens known of this rare species were obtained by 

 Gearing in the Andes of Merida. 



fl, 6. cJ ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goerj«/;r). Sclater Coll. (Types 



of the species. )" 

 c, d. c? ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela {Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Diglossa brunneiventris. 



Diglossa brunneiventris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 318 ; Des Murs, 

 Icon. Orn. pi 4.3 ; Cassirl, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 274 ; Heidi. 



P- , ... . . 



Peroii, i. p. 420 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 322, 1873, p. 780 ; id. Ibis, 



1875, p. 211. 



Above black, rump passing into cinereous ; lesser wing-coverts 

 hoary white ; below chestnut-red, middle of throat black, with red 

 lateral stripe on each side ; flanks and under wing-coverts light grey ; 

 thighs black ; bill and feet black : whole length o'o inches, wing 2-8, 

 tail 2-5. Female. Like the male. Youmj. Above cinereous, obso- 

 letely striped with black ; wings and tail blackish, edgings of wing- 

 coverts pale ; below pale fuscous, throat more cinereous, breast with 

 distinct longitudinal blackish streaks. 



JIab. Andes of Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia, 



