4. COXIROSTRUM. 15 



4. Conirostnun ferrugineiventre. 



Conirostrum ferrugineiventre, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 74, Aves, pi. Ixxxv. ; 

 Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 678, 1879, p. 596 ; iid. Nomencl. 

 p. 15 ; Gray, Iland-l. i. p. 119 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. oil ; id. Orn. 

 Pe'roM, i.p. 424. 



Above plumbeous, Avings and tail blackish edged with plumbeous ; 

 cap blackish ; superciliaries ■white ; beneath bright ferruginous brown ; 

 under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers white : bill 

 and feet blackish. Whole length 5-2 inches, wing 2'S, tail 2-1. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia and Southern Peru. 



Easily known from C. rufum by its white superciliaries. 



a. Ad. sk. Cachupata, Peru ( Jlliitchj). Sclater Coll. 



5. Conirostrum fraseri. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Conirostrum fraseri, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 4-52, 1860, p. 65 ; id. 

 Cat. A. B. p. 50 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 119 ; Scl. et Salv. Noviencl. 

 p. 15 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 288 (Ecuador) ; iid. P. Z. S. 



1885, p. 76. 



Above cinereous, somewhat rufescent ; wings and tail blackish ; 

 tips of greater wing-coverts, edges of secondaries, and speculum at 

 the base of the primaries white ; superciliaries and body below pale 

 fuscous ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers 

 white ; bill and feet dark brown : whole length 4*2 inches, wing 2-3, 

 tail 2"2. Female similar. 



Hab. Andes of Western Ecuador. 



Discovered by Eraser in Ecuador, and not yet obtained elsewhere. 



a. Ad.sk. ; h. Jr. sk. Sical, Ecuador {Buckley'), Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Jima, Ecuador (Bvckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Yieinitv of Quito, Ecuador Salvin-Godman CoU. 



(Biickley). 



e. f. S 2 fid. sk. Cuenca, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. (Types 



of the species.) 

 g. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Fraser). Purchased. 



A. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Purchased. 



6. Conirostrum cinereum. 



Conirostrum cinereum, d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 25 ; d'Orb. Voy., 

 Ois. p. 374, t. 49. tig. 1 ; Tsch.'F. P., Orn. p. 236 ; Cab. J. f. O. 

 1873, p. 64; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 102; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 984, 1868, p. 569, 1879, p. 596 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 15 ; Cassin, 

 P): Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 272; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 119; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1873, p. 780; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 511, 1879, p. 225; 

 id. Orn. Perou, i. p. 425. 



Above pure cinereous ; wings and tail blackish, tips of greater 

 wing-coverts, edges of secondaries, and a small speculum at the base 

 of the primaries white ; superciliaries white ; body below pale 

 cinereous ; under ■« ing-coverts and inner margins of wing- feathers 



