318 Orniiholoyical Journey throwjh Colombia and Ecuador. 



50. DiGLOSSA INDIGOTICA Scl, 



This species ranges to a lower altitude than the preceding 

 five, and we only met with it below Canzacota at about 

 5000 feet. We obtained two males and one female. The 

 latter is not nearly so bright a blue as the former. It is 

 evidently not a common bird in Ecuador. 



51. CoNiRosTRUM siTTicoLOR Lafr. 



Hather plentiful at Papallacta in February^ and also on 

 Pichincha up to 11,000 feet in November, December, and 

 January. 



52. CONIROSTKUM FRASERI Scl. 



Also numerous on both the Eastern and Western Andes, 

 and frequently met with in the gardens of Quito. A pair 

 built a nest at the British Consulate in December, It was 

 about eight feet from the ground, in a very open shrub, but 

 carefully concealed by the large growing leaves. It was 

 mostly composed of dry grass and moss and lined with hair, 

 and contained only two eggs — very round, and spotted with 

 red. 



1 find no difference in the appearance of the sexes. 



53. DaCNIS CffiREBICOLOR Scl. 



^ . Santo Domingo, about 600 feet, in October. The species 

 was evidently not common there, as this was the only specimen 

 "we saw. I caught it in a butterfly-net under the eaves 

 of a hut while it was hunting for spiders in the thatch. 

 The legs and feet are dark red. Iris also dull red. 



54. Dacnis egregia Scl. 



A large series shot at Nanegal, Gualea, and Intag in July 

 and August. At Nanegal flocks arrived suddenly, and a few 

 days later not an individual was to be seen. Young males 

 in the female garb predominated. One day I counted 

 sixteen in one very small tree. They are active birds, never 

 still for an instant^ and search every branch and leaf for 

 insects. 



55. Dacnis pulcherrima Scl. 



2 c?s, 1 ?. Santo Domingo and Guanacillo in October. 



