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from Mt. Pichincha in that country agree in general with his figure. 

 The three examples from the Paramo de Chiruqua, however, differ 

 from the Ecuador birds in having the remiges and their coverts more 

 extensively rufous-edged, the superciliaries narrower and less promi- 

 nent, and the throat more extensively streaked, leaving only the chin 

 immaculate. From L. andicola certhia von Madarasz (Annates Musei 

 Nationalis Hungarici, I, 1903, 463), from the Andes of Merida (of 

 which L. montivagans Riley, Proceedings Biological Society of Wash- 

 ington, XVIII, 1905, 219, is a synonym), it differs in its darker upper 

 parts, darker color of the streaks on the pileum, and greater rufescence 

 of the remiges and their coverts. Measurements are as follows : 



No. Sex. Locality. Wing. Tail. Bill. Tarsus. 



45363 $ Paramo de Chiruqua 65 93 11 20 



45391 c? Paramo de Chiruqua 69 95 11 21 



45399 $ Paramo de Chiruqua 65 94 11 19 



This interesting form is peculiar to the Sierra Nevada de Santa 

 Marta, where it occurs in the Paramo Zone. Simons marked his speci- 

 mens as having been taken at 10,000 feet, but the three examples above 

 listed were all secured between 12,000 and 15,000 feet. They were shot 

 along the edges of tiny rivulets, where they kept hidden in the matted 

 vegetation, and would not flush until almost stepped upon. Perhaps 

 the bird is more abundant than it seems, owing to this habit of con- 

 cealing itself and its dislike of flushing from cover. 



236, Poecilurus candei candei (Lafresnaye and D'Orbigny). 

 Synallaxis candeci Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 170, part (" Santa Marta "). 



Seven specimens : Fundacion. 



This series, collected in August and October, are all in rather worn 

 plumage, and therefore not strictly comparable with a series of speci- 

 mens from Cartagena, the type-locality of the species, and its vicinity. 

 They appear to have the black of the throat more extended, and the 

 white chin-spot and maxillary stripe correspondingly more restricted, 

 than Cartagena examples, which, however, vary somewhat among 

 themselves. If this is not due to wear, it indicates an approach to the 

 characters of the recently described P. atrigularis (Proceedings Bio- 

 logical Society of Washington, XXX, 1917, 129), which, however, is 

 otherwise very distinct. 



