462 Mr. W. Goodfellow — Ornitholoyical 



Canzacota, San Nicolas, and Gualea, from between 1000 and 

 6000 feet, but they were rare at the last-named place in 

 September, and when we passed through it at the end of 

 October we did not see a single example. An intelligent 

 native of Canzacota told me that these birds only came there 

 during August and September, and I think it is the case with 

 other members of the genus that they resort to higher alti- 

 tudes only at certain seasons of the year. The young male 

 is wholly dullish green, with a very slight coppeiy hue about 

 the head. The females have paler blue breasts, slightly mixed 

 with green, the rump greenish blue, and the head washed with 

 green. This species frequents the lower trees and bushes. 



75. Calliste boliviana Bp. 



One male and one female from the Rio Tiputini, an affluent 

 of the Napo. They were shot in the cleai'ing near the hut, on 

 the same tree, on two consecutive evenings just before dusk. 



76. Calliste ruficervix (Prev.). 



Four adult males, one young male, and three females 

 from San Nicolas, Intaj, and the neighbourhood, W. Ecuador. 

 This is another Calliste which frequents bushes and low trees. 

 The female is slightly duller on the crown. 



77. Calliste nigriviridis (Lafr.). 



Of these birds we evidently have two forms in our series — 

 a bluish-green variety, which we found confined solely to the 

 western or Pacific side of Ecuador, and a yellowish-green 

 variety, confined to the eastern or Amazonian side. Placed 

 together they seem very distinct, and ought, we think, to 

 be divided, but in the British Museum they are classed 

 together. Of the blue variety we obtained five males and 

 three females from Canzacota and Western Pichincha (6500 

 to 8000 feet), and of the yellow variety three males and two 

 females from Baeza (about 5500 feet). The respective 

 females are not quite so bright as the males, and have 

 more black on the head, while they are paler about the 

 vent and under tail-coverts. In both localities we found 

 them inhabiting high trees. 



