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assigned by Hartert in his original description, the small white tips to 
the tail feathers readil}' distinguishing it from allied forms. Judging 
by the present specimen, E. Ixwonl is decidedly larger than E. a. 
Jtrtci'ura. 
CAMPYLOPTERUS OBSCURUS Gould. 
C'lmpiiloptcrns obsrunis G0VI.T1, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1848, p. 18. 
Two specimens, from Baeza and Archidona village, east Ecuador, 
respectively. The female is like the male in color, but has a shorter 
wing and tail, with a hnujrr bill. Both of these are apparentlv iden- 
tical with an example from Peru. 
This is a forest haunting ^'pecies, and the paii* obtained were ^hot whibt feeding on 
the flowers of an orchid. 
CAMPYLOPTERUS LAZULUS (Vieillot). 
Trochilus lazulns Vieillot, Tabl. Encyc. Meth., II, 1S22, p. 557. 
CartvpiilojAerus hiziduH Bonaparte, Consp. Avium., I, 1850, p. 71. 
Nine specimens, from Baeza and Archidona, east Ecuador. These 
apparently- do not dilfer from Colombian birds. The color of the 
throat varies considerably, ranging from violet to almost pure blue. 
Found on only the eastern side of the eastern Andes, and most of our specimens 
were shot while feeding on the flowers of the tobacco plants growing around the 
huts at Baeza. The iris was distinctly dark red in the males, but a young male 
and a female shot above Archidona both had the irises black. Local name, "Ala 
hueso" — bone wing. 
CAMPYLOPTERUS VILLAVISCENSIO (Bourcier). 
Trochilux rilhivii<censio Bourciee, Compt. Rend. Ac. Sci., XXXII, 1851, p. 187. 
Campyloptenis dllavicencio Gould, Mon. Troch., II, 1859, pi. xlvii. 
One adult male, from Baeza, east Ecuador. 
The single specimen of this s]iecies was shot around the tobacco plants at Baeza. 
FLORISUGA MELLIVORA (Linnaeus.) 
Trochilus nnilivorHs IBIS'S JEVS, Syst. Xat., I, 1758, p. 121. 
Florimga mellivorus Bonaparte, Consj). Avium., I, 1850, p. 73. 
Two specimens, from the vicinity of Baeza, east Ecuador. One of 
these is an immature male with the center of the throat blue. This 
species is very constant throughout its range, for there seems to be 
scarcely any difference between birds from Guatemala. Ecuador, and 
Trinidad. 
PATAGONA GIGAS (Vieillot). 
TrochilvA gicjas Vieillot, Gal. Ois., I, 1825, \). 296, pi. clxxx. 
Patuguna gigas Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, p. 75. 
Six specimens from Guapalo and elsewhere in the valley of Chillo, 
near Quito, and from the road between there and Papallacta, Ecuador. 
This extends the range of the species to northern Ecuador, as 
Riobamba seems to be the northernmost previous record. 
