380 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Mojanda; Padreu-al; Corazon; Aloag, Corazon; Lloa, Pichincha; 
Pichincha. In this large series there is a siirprising'ly small amount 
of individual variation. 
Noted on the western Andes at elevations of from 9,000 to 12,000 feet. We found 
them exceedingly common on Pichincha during the months of November, Decem- 
ber, and January, when great numbers of them seemed to arrive suddenly. Local 
name, "Palo bianco." 
VESTIPEDES VESTITUS SMARAGDINIPECTUS (Gould). 
Eriocnemis smaragdlnlpectm Gould, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., I, 1868, p. 322. 
Erlocnemis vestita smaragdinipectus Hartert, Tierreich, IX, 1900, p. 145. 
Three adult males, from Papallacta, east Ecuador. This form is 
very close to true vestitus, but is probably retainable as a subspecies. 
From Papallacta, eastern Andes, 11,500 feet, in company with Laticaada primolina. 
Local name, "Calzones blancos." 
VESTIPEDES MOSQUERA MOSQUERA (Delattre and Bourcier). 
Twchilus inosqnera Delattrk and Boukcier, Kev. Zool., 1846, p. 306. 
Eriocnemis moxquera GouLn, ]\Ion. Troch., IV, 1853, pi. cclxxiv. 
Nine specimens, from Pichincha, Ecuador. So far as these examples 
indicate, the white bases of the feathers of the chin and upper throat 
are the mark of the inale, as the live individuals so sexed have this 
marking, while the four females lack it entirely. This is exactly oppo- 
site to the opinion of Mr. Hartert/ who supposed it to be distinctive 
of the ye?/i ale. 
Now rare on the mountains in the vicinity of Quito, where they occur at long inter- 
vals. We shot them sometimes feeding in the company of P. luciani. Local name, 
"Dorado." 
VESTIPEDES LUGENS (Gould). 
Eriopus luyens GovLV, Contr. Orn., 1851, p. 140. 
Eriocnemis y. Threptria lugens Reichenbach, Aufz. d. Col., 1854, p. 9. 
Six specimens (three males and three females), from Papallacta, east 
Ecuador. One of the males lacks almost entirely the squamate white 
feather margins of the under surface, but is otherwise not different. 
According to the evidence of the present series, Mr. Hartert is mis- 
taken in the statement that it is the viale which has a portion of the 
tibial tufts dull rufous,^ for in all the specimens marked females this 
coloring is present, while in those sexed as males the tufts are pure 
white. He is, however, undoubtedly correct in considering V. squa- 
mata and T^ la(/e>h'< merel}' different sexes of the same species. 
From the eastern Andes, at 11,500 feet. Local names, "Quinde feo" and "Oscu- 
ros. ' ' 
1 Tierreich, IX, 1900, i>. 147. ^Tierreich, IX, 1900, p. 148. 
