14 CCEREBID^. 



Originally described from Bogota skins, but extends into Ecuador 

 and N. Peru on the one side and Venezuela (Andes of Merida) on 

 the other. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Goermg) . 



b. Ad. st. Bogota. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. ; e. Jr. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



/, (/. Ad. sk. San Lucas, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Bifckley). 

 h. Ad. St. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



2. Conirostrum cyaneum. 



Conirostrum cyaneum, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 512 ; id. Orn. Perou, 

 i. p. 42.3 ; Scl. et Salt: P. Z. S. 1879, p. 596. 



Above dark purple : head black, with broad suporciliarics and sides 

 of neck purple like the back ; wings and tail black, wing-coverts 

 and secondaries edged with purple ; below deep ferruginous red ; 

 throat and fore neck black with a strong purplish gloss ; under 

 wing-coverts rufous ; inner margins of wing-feathers cinerascent : 

 whole length 4'5 inches, wing 2-G, tail 2-1. Female similar. 



Hah. Andes of Central Peru and Bolivia. 



This species only differs from G. sitticolor in its purple superci- 

 liaries and the bluish gloss on the fore neck. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Conirostrum rufum. 



Conirostrum rufum, Za/;-. Mag. de Zool. 1843, sub tab. 35 (1843).; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 185-5, pp. 75, 138 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 50 ; Cam'n, Pr. Ac. 



Sc. Phil. 1804, p. 272 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 15 ; Wyatt, Ihi.i, 



1871, pp. 128, 324. 

 Dacuis rufo-cinerea, Bjo. Atti Scieyiz. It. 1845, p. 404 ; id. Consp. i. 



p. 401. 



Above cinereous ; wings and tail blackish, wing-coverts edged 

 with grey and secondaries with whitish ; front, superciliaries, and 

 body beneath deep chestnut-red ; under wing-covcrts and inner 

 margins of wing-feathers whitish ; bill and feet dark brown : whole 

 length 4-5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-2. Female similar. 



Hah. Andes of Colombia. 



Not uncommon in "Bogota" collections, and recently obtained by 

 Mr. Simons on the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, at 9200 feet 

 altitude. 



a. Ad. sk. Sierra Nevada de Santa Sclater Coll. 



Marta (Simons). 



b,c. cJ 5 ad. sk. Sierra Nevada de Santa Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Marta {Simons). 



d. Ad. st. Bogota. Pm'cbased. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



y, h. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



