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7. PETROCHELIDON CYANOLEUCA (Vieill.). 
One ex., Quito, May. ‘Common in and about the city.” 
8. OREOMANES FRASERI, Sp. et gen. nov. 
Oreomanes, genus novum ex familia C2REBIDARUM. 
Rostrum tenue, vix longius quam caput, rectum, compressum, man- 
dibularum apicibus rectis et acutis: ale fere ut in genere Di- 
glossa, sed paulo longiores, ex primariis novem, quarum secunda, 
tertia, et quarta coequales, prima brevior quintam e@quat : 
cauda quadrata paulo brevior quam in hoc genere: pedes for- 
tiores, tarsi crassiores et breviores, acrotarsiis vix conspicue 
divisis. 
Typ. et sp. unica, O. rraseri. (Pl. CLIX.) 
Supra plumbea ; alis caudaque intus fusco-nigris, extus plumbeo 
stricte limbatis: superciliis brevibus et corpore toto subtus 
saturate ferrugineo-rufis : facie utrinque, tectricibus subalari- 
bus et tibiis albis : rostro et pedibus nigris. 
Long. tota 6°3, alee 3:5, caudee 2°4, rostri a rictu 0°8, tarsi 0°9. 
Hab. In Monte Chimborazo, ad alt. 14,000 pedum. 
Mus. P.L.S. 
The general appearance of this curious form is so much that of a 
Diglossa that I am induced to believe its natural place is near those 
birds, although the structure of the bill is rather different. Indeed, 
after ascertaining that the wing has only nize primaries, I know not 
