CATALOGUE OF A COLLFXTION OF HUMMINGBIRDS 
FROM ECUADOR AND COLO^SIBIA. 
By Harry C. Oberholser, 
Afislsiioit OrnitJiohx/ist, Tk'jxirfment of Agrirulturf 
Tho collection of hummingbirds gathered l)}- Messrs. Claud Hamil- 
ton and Walter Goodfellow during their trip to Ecuador and Colombia, 
in 1S9S and 1899, came finally, b}^ purchase, into possession of the 
United States National Museum. With the possible exception of that 
brought together b}- Baron,^ it is probabh' the finest single collection 
ever made, comprising, as it does, 1,136 specimens, almost all in fine 
condition of plumage, and accompanied by proper data. Although 
some of them came from Colombia, by far the greater nuuiber were 
collected in Ecuador. One hundred and nine species and subspecies 
are represented, including, besides several hitherto undescribed, such 
rare and otherwise interesting forms as Topaza pyra^ Phaiolaima 
cervinigularis, Colihri huckleyi^ Helianthea lutetiae liamiUon)., and 
Eutoxeres haroni. 
Under many species of the sulijoined list there are added in smaller 
type the field notes of the collectors, which Mr. Goodfellow has kindly 
furnished for this purpose. As he has recentl}^ published an account 
of the expedition's itinerary and a description of the region traversed,* 
these need not be inserted here. Additional information regarding 
the altitude of some of the places at which the humming-l)irds were 
taken has been supplied by Mr. Goodfellow, and is given. ])elow as of 
possible interest: 
Western Ecuador: Feet. 
Aloag 7, 800 
Guallal)ainl)a 6, 500 
Ibarra 6, 800 
Mindo 7, 000 
Chota Valley 4, 250 
Canzacota 6, 100 
:viillij^alli 6,600 
Santo Doniin,sj:o 600 
Xanegal 1, 000 
Gualea 6, 000 
Western Ecuador — Continued. Feet. 
Intag 5, 000 
Central Tableland: 
Puembo, Chillo Valley 7, 500 
Pifo, Chillo Valley 7, 800 
(juapalo, Chillo Valley S, 080 
Quito 10, 000 
F>astern Ecuador: 
Papallacta 11,500 
Baeza 5,900 
^ Hartert, Novitates Zoologicae, I, 1894, pp. 43-64. 
■' Ibis, April, 1901, pp. 300-309. 
Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXIV— No. 1258. 
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