Species of the Subfamily Digiossinae. 217 



Cineraceo-nigra unicolor : subalaribus et lateribus candidis : 

 rostro et pedibus nigris; long, tota 4'5, alse 2'3, caudse 

 2"0. Fern, olivaceo-brunnea, subtus rufescenti-ochracea, 

 lateribus caudidis. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador, 



Mus. P.L.S. et S.-G. 



This Diglossa was first described in 1843 by Lafresnaye, 

 from Bogota skins. It extends along the Andes on the one 

 side into Ecuador, where examples were collected by Eraser 

 at several localities not far from Quito, and in the other di- 

 rection into Venezuela, whence Mr. Goering has transmitted 

 specimens from the lower wood-region of Merida. Mr. Sal- 

 mon obtained it in the state of Antioquia, and Mr. Wyatt 

 on his excursion to the Andes of Ocaiia ; so that it seems to 

 be pretty widely distributed. 



I have a young male (collected by Eraser in April 1859, 

 above Puellaro, in Ecuador) which clearly connects the some- 

 what dissimilar male and female plumages of this species. 



The figui'es (Pi. V.) are taken from specimens of this 

 species collected by Mr. Salmon — the male now in Salvin 

 and Godman^s collection, the female in my own. 



13. Diglossa plumbea. 



Diglossa plumbea, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 411 ; Salvin, 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 185 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1854, p. 275 ; Scl. 

 et Salv. Nomencl. p. 15. 



Plumbea, capite alls et cauda obscurioribus : subtus dilutior, in 

 ventre medio albescens : rostro obscuro, mandibula infe- 

 riore ad basin cornea, pedibus fuscis : long, tota 4'3, alse 

 2*2, eaudse 1'6. Fern, olivacea, alis caudaque fuscis 

 ochraceo marginatis : subtiis valde dilutior, abdomine 

 ochraceo lavato. 

 Hab. Costa Rica and Veragua. 

 Mus. P. L. S. ct S.-G. 



This Diglossa was originally described by Dr. Cabanis 

 from a single male specimen transmitted by Dr. v. Frantzius 

 from Costa Rica. I have a skin obtained in the same country 

 by Dr. van Patten. More recently Arce has collected a good 

 series of both sexes of this species on the southern slopes of 

 the Volcano of Chiriqui, showing that its range extends into 

 Veragua. 



