Species of the Subfamily Diglossiuse. 219 



xvii. p. 467 ; P. Z. S. I860, p. 85 ; et Cat. A. B. p. 49 ; Cas- 



sin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 274; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 15. 



Saturate purpureo-caerulea unicolor ; loris iiigris : alls cauda- 



que nigris caerulco lirabatis : rostro et pedibus nigris : 



long, tota 4)3, alse 2*2, caudse 1*4. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. 



Mm. P.L. S. 



This Diglossa was first described by me in 1856, from a 

 specimen received from Verreaux, of Paris. It is a very well- 

 marked species, to be recognized at once by its uniform pur- 

 plish colour, without the blackface oiD.personata. In 1859 

 Fraser obtained examples of it at Nanegal, a village on the 

 western slope of Pichincha, at an altitude of 4000 feet. 

 One of them, together with the type of the original descrip- 

 tion, is in my collection. Mr. Fraser marks the iris of this 

 species as " dark red." 



Genus II. Diglossopis. 

 Diglossopis, Sclater, Ann. N. H. ser. 2, xvii. p. 467 (1856) : 

 type D. caerulescens. 



Diglossopis c^rulescens. 



Diglossopis ccerulescens, Sclater, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 2, 

 xvii. p. 467; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 627, et Nomencl. 

 p. 15; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 324. 



Diglossa personata $ , Reich. Handb. p. 231, t. dlii. f. 3753. 



Cserulescenti-cinerea fere unicolor, subtvis in ventre dilutior : 



alls caudaque intus nigricantibus : loris et rostri am- 



bitu obscuris : rostro nigi-o, pedibus fuscis : long, tota 



6-0, alse 2-9, caudye 2-3. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela and Columbia. 



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



This curious bird is, I believe, often regarded as the female 

 oi D. personata*, and has been figm'ed and described as such 

 by Dr. Reichenbach. Dr. Hartlaub first drew my attention 

 to it in 1854 at Bremen. Subsequently I found skins at 



* Mr. Salvin tells me that two of the specimens in the Lafresnaye col- 

 lection, now at Boston, marked " D. personata 2 >" ai'e of this species, 

 i. e. X>. ccernhaccns. 



