198 Messrs. O. Salvin and F. DuCane Godman on a 



Mr. Simons speaks of the great prevalence of savanas in 

 the parts he has hitherto visited, and the paucity of the 

 forest. His collection, as will be seen below, is largely 

 made up of widely ranging savana species. The forest and 

 highland species are few, but they give an indication of the 

 nature of the bird-fauna of the district. These show a de- 

 cided preponderance of relationship with the birds of the 

 highlands of Venezuela and Merida rather than with those of 

 the Columbian Andes. Thus we have Chlorophonia frontalis, 

 Calliste cyanoptera, and Aulacorhamphus calorhynchus, all 

 Venezuelan species, while the only upland Columbian 

 species is Turdus yigas. The birds from Manaure are more 

 decidedly Columbian ; and here too a curious Central-Ame- 

 rican element appears, represented by Muscivora mexicana 

 and Ramphastos carinatus. Mr. Simons adds another pecu- 

 liar Humming-bird {Campylopterus phainopeplus) to the one 

 already known [Anthocephala floriceps) . The former has its 

 nearest ally in an Ecuadorian species of limited range. These 

 are mere indications of what we may expect of the fauna, a 

 much larger series being necessary to trace it in all its details. 



TuRDUs GiGAS, Fras. 



San Sebastian (6700 ft.), 19th Feb. "Eyes and legs orange." 

 The single specimen sent is paler in colour than other 

 examples of T. yigas we possess. The bill, too, is considerably 

 longer. T. yiyas, however, is a bird subject to considerable 

 variation ; and this specimen may only be an extreme diver- 

 gence from the ordinary Columbian type. Total length 

 13 inches, wing 5*7, tail 5-3, biU 1"6, tarsus 1"7. 



Troglodytes tessellatus, D'Orb. & Lafr. 

 Maricosa (2000 ft.), 26th January. ''Eyes brown." 

 Agrees with Panama specimens, which we believe to be 

 hardly sufficiently distinct to be separated from the Peruvian 

 T, tessellatus. The Panama bird is the T. inquietus, Baird. 



Basileuterus mesochrysus, Scl. 



Manaure (2700 ft.), ?, 7th May. ''Eyes light brown. 

 Found in the forest." 



Agrees with Bogota examples of this species, whence the 

 type was procured. 



