400 Herr Badeker's and Dr. Brewer's Oological Works. 



The American Aloe {Agave americana) is the only plant this 

 bird is ever seen feeding upon. 



5. Adelomyia melanogenys (Gould, Mon. pt. 9). 



This species is never found in or near Quito, but only in the 

 lower and warmer countries. 



6. Eugenia imperatrix (Gould, Mon. pt. 11). 



Prof. Jameson's specimens of this fine Humming-bird were 

 obtained in the neighbourhood of Auca, on the road to Nanegal, 

 at about 6000 or 7000 feet elevation. They were feeding on the 

 Alstrcemeria, Datura not being found in that locality. 



7. CffiLIGENA WILSONI (Gould, Mou. pt. 11). 



There must be some error when Bourcier states that he killed 

 this species at an elevation of 10,000 feet, and in Nono, which 

 lies at about 9000 feet. This bird belongs strictly to the warmer 

 countries, such as Nanegal, which is only about 4000 feet in 

 altitude. 



8. Agl/Eactis cuprbipennis (Gould, Mon. pt. 1.2). 



The females of this species have the glittering back, but not 

 so brilliant as in the males. 



9. Helianthea luteti^ (Gould, Mon. pt. 13). 



This bird is found in the valleys of Lloa and Pelogalli, but not 

 nearer Quito. 



XLII. — Review of Herr Badeker's* and Dr. Brewer's! 



Oological Works. 

 BiRDs'-NESTiNG and Egg-collecting are pursuits the practice of 

 which has for some time ceased to be confined to truant school- 

 boys, but, except by a limited few, the occupation of an Oologist 

 has been, until very lately, regarded as much below the serious 

 dignity of a scientific naturalist. Even now, there are ornitho- 



* Die Eier der Europdischen Vogel nach der Natur gemalt von Fr. 

 W. J. Badeker, mit einer Beschreibung des Nestbaues von Ludwig 

 Brehm. — Leipzig und Iserlohn. [In course of publication.] 



t Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. North American Oology. 

 By Thomas M. Brewer, M.D. Part I. — Raptores and Fissirostres. 

 Washington City : 1857. [Issued 1859.] 



