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from penetrating into their localities this last visit. That I 

 worked hard you can imagine, when I tell you that I skinned 

 twenty-seven birds at a sitting. I leave shortly for Duenas, 

 when I shall set about arranging this collection and despatch it, 

 as well as the birds I have now there, which amount to some 200. 

 This place where I am now staying is situated at the western 

 end of the plain of Salami. The climate is hot, and consequently 

 I find some * tierra calieute ' species ; Icterus gularis is common ; 

 I have also Ceryle amazona, and a beautiful species of Momotus^, 

 of which I do not know the name. Amazilia corallirostris is 

 also found, and an (Edicnemus, which I have not yet been able 

 to shoot. It was interesting to hear some of the people at Coban 

 talk of Delattre's visit, and of what he did and where he went. 

 It seems that they have been in the habit of shooting and col- 

 lecting birds ever since that time. Another thing I ascertained 

 which will be interesting to British zoologists, viz. that Naucle- 

 rus furcatus breeds in the mountains about Coban, My chief 

 ally and collector there found a nest with young last year. Of 

 course, I am making every endeavour to secure the eggs next 

 season. He tells me I am tolerably certain to obtain them." 



Comparative List of Hamming-birds of Duefias and Coban. 

 DuEXAs. Coban. 



Petasophora thalassina. Petasophora delphinae. 



Eugenes fulgens. Eugenes fulgens. 



Phaethornis adolphi. 

 Amazilia arsinoe. Amazilia rieiFeri. 



Campylopterus rufus. 



„ delattrii. Campylopterus delattrii. 



„ pampa. 



Chlorostilbon osberti. 



Cyanomyia cyanocephala. Cyanomyia cyanocephala. 



Heliomaster longirostris. 



Delattria viridipallens. Delattria viridipallens. 



Heliopedica melanotis. Heliopedica melanotis. 



Eupherusa eximia. 

 Myiabeillia typica. Myiabeillia typica. 



Trochilus colubris. Trochilus colubris. 



Selasphorus heloisae. 



* This is Eumomota superciliaris. — Ed. 



