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Setophaga ruticilla (Liun.). 



Atanques (4000 ft.), 26tli February. " Eyes light brown." 



A single female specimen of this northern immigrant. 



C(EREBRA CYANEA (Linn.) . 



Manaure (2700 ft.), ^, 31st May. "Eyes bluish black." 



Procnias tersa (Linn.). 



Manaure (2700 ft.), S , 13th May. " Eyes brown. ^Founcl 

 in isolated trees," 



Having reexamined our series of this species, we are unable 

 to detect any tangible difference between the supposed 

 Columbian race, called by Mr. Sclater P. Occident alis, and 

 the Brazilian bird. Of the differences originally ascribed to 

 P. Occident alis none seem to us to stand the test of compa- 

 rison, except that of size. Brazilian specimens are slightly 

 larger than any from other localities ; but the difference is 

 very little, and even greater variation can be traced in 

 examples usually attributed to P. occidentalis. Our series 

 includes specimens from Brazil (Rio and Bahia), Bolivia, 

 Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, the Nevada of Santa Marta, and 

 Venezuela. 



Chlorophonia frontalis, Scl. 



Chlorophonia frontalis, Scl. & Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 81, 

 pi. xli. f. 1. 



Valley of Chinchicua (6500 ft.), 15th February; San 

 Jose (5000 ft.), 14th March. ''Eyes brown." 



A Venezuelan species, Levraud's specimens in the Paris 

 Museum being stated to have come from the neighbourhood 

 of Caraccas. 



EuPHONiA laniirostris, D'Orb. & Lafr. 



Atanques (2700 ft.), 2 1th February and 9th March. " Eyes 

 brown. Very common." 



The yellow of the crown is a little more restricted in the 

 two specimens sent than in Andean examples of this widely 

 ranging species. The colour of the back, too, has a slightly 

 greener tint. 



There can be no doubt, we think, that the Andean bird 



