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feet. They are active, nervous birds, flitting about almost constantly, 

 except when feeding on a flower. Their food seems to consist chiefly 

 of flowers and the insects which are found there. Indeed, the writer 

 has seen them actually eating the petals of certain blossoms. 



443. Diglossa albilateralis Lafresnaye. 



Diglossa albilateralis Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 119 (San Sebastian). — 

 Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 9 (San Sebastian). — Bangs, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 179 (San Miguel). — Bangs, Proc. New 

 England Zool. Club, I, 1899, 8° (San Sebastian and El Mamon). — Allen, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 174 (El Libano and Las Nubes). 



Additional records: La Concepcion, Paramo de Macotama (Brown). 



Thirty-four specimens: San Miguel, Cerro de Caracas, San Lor- 

 enzo, Taquina, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (6,000 and 8,000 feet), 

 and Heights of Chirua. 



Several males of the above series are in first nuptial plumage, readily 

 told by the duller, browner, and more worn remiges and their coverts. 

 Females taken in March and April are much richer brown than those 

 shot later in the season. The series as a whole is indistinguishable 

 from another from Venezuela. 



A fairly common bird on the San Lorenzo above 7,000 feet, but most 

 in evidence along the upper edge of the woodland around the Cerro 

 Quemado. It was also common in the Sierra Nevada from 5,000 up 

 to 9,000 feet, always in shrubbery, isolated trees, or along the edge of 

 the forest. It is usually seen in pairs, and is rather shy, making long 

 flights when alarmed. Simons encountered it at San Sebastian, and 

 Mr. Brown secured specimens here also, as well as at San Miguel, La 

 Concepcion, Paramo de Macotama, and El Mamon. It appears to be 

 a bird of the Subtropical Zone, here as elsewhere throughout its range. 



444. Diglossa sittoides similis Lafresnaye. 



Diglossa sp. Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1880, 119 (San Sebastian). 



Diglossa sittoides (not Serrirostrum sittoides D'Orbigny and Lafresnaye) 



Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 4 (San Sebastian). 

 Diglossa sittoides similis Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XII, 1898, 179 



(San Miguel). — Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, I, 1899, 80 (San 



Sebastian and El Mamon). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 



174 (Bangs' references). 



Additional records: Santa Cruz (Brown). 

 One specimen : Pueblo Viejo. 



