16 CCEREBID^. 



white ; bill and feet dark brown : whole length 4 inches, wing 

 2-5, tail 1-9. Female similar, but body beneath tinged with rufous. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia and Peru. 



A southern representative of C. fraseri ; always distinguishable by 

 its greyer tinge above and much paler colour below. 



a,b. J' 2 ad. sk. Arequipa, S.W. Peru Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



{Whitely). 



c. Ad. sk. Arequipa, SAV. Peru Purchased. 



( mutely). 



d. Ad. sk. SAV. Peru (Whiteh/). Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Maraynioc, Peru (jekki). Sclater Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Lima, Peru {Nation). Sclater Ccill. 

 (/: Ad. sk. Bolivia {B. Forbe:i). Sclater Coll. 



7. Conirostrum albifrons. 



Conirostrum albifrous, Lafr. Rev. Zoul. 18i2, p. 301 ; id. Ma//, de 

 Zool. 1843, Ois. t. 35; Bp. Consp. i. p. 402; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p 102 ; Sd. P. Z. S. IBoo, pp. 75, 138, et 1859, p. 138 ; Casun, 

 Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 272 ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 119 ; Scl. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 50 ; Scl. et Salt. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 496 ; iid. Numencl. p. 15. 



Conirostrum cseruleifrons, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 302 ; Scl. Cat. 

 ^. ^. p. 50(?). 



Above black, strongly glossed with purplish blue except on the 

 back and sides of the neck ; cap pure white ; wings and tail black, 

 slightly edged with purplish blue ; below black ; biU and feet black : 

 whole length 5 inches, wing 2-9, tail 3-4. Youikj male. Like the 

 adult, but with the cap blue, or blue mixed with white. Female. 

 Above bright green, wings and tail blackish edged with green ; sides 

 and back of neck dark cinereous ; cap blue ; throat and breast 

 cinereous : belly pale green ; under wing-coverts and inner margins 

 of remiges whitish. 



Hab. Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. 



The sexes of this bird were originally described by Lafresnaye as 

 distinct species, but I find a nearly perfect series of specimens con- 

 necting the two plumages. 



a, b. 6 5 ad. ; c, Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



d. S ji*- sk. 



e,f. J 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(/jh. S 2 ad.sk. Santa Elena, U.S. C.('SV</OTon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. j. (S ad. sk. Vicinity of Medellin, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Salmon). 



k, I. S 9- ad. sk. Jiuia, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7)1. 2ad.sk. Yauayaca, Ecuador (i?«c7i/e^). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n, 0. d 2 ad. st. ; S. America. Purchased. 



p. J jr. St. 



8. Conirostrum atrocyaneum. 



Conirostrum atrocvaneum, Lafr. Rev. Zoal. 1848, p. 9 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1874, p. 511, et 1879, p. 225 "; id. Orn. Peroit, i. p. 426 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 597 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 288 (Ecuador). 



