562 Mr. J. H. Gurney's Notes on 



and one of the others are immaculate on the under surface ; 

 but the remaining one has a few spots on the abdomen. 



The female from Trinidad, which is preserved in the Nor- 

 wich Museum, has a considerable admixture of rufous on the 

 crown, and the transverse black bars on the upper surface, 

 excepting those of the tail, are less dark than in some other 

 specimens. 



I have examined five males from Venezuela, in the British 

 Museum and in the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman, 

 of which three show a slight amount of rufous on the crown, 

 and only one is spotted on the abdomen, and that but slightly, 

 — also three in female plumage, all of which have some rufous 

 on the head : one of these, from its small size, is probably a 

 young male. 



The above-mentioned collections and the Norwich Museum 

 contain six males and six females from the United States of 

 Colombia, o£ which only two males and four females show 

 any trace of rufous on the crown ; four of these males are 

 immaculate below, the other two being slightly spotted. In 

 four of the females the barring of the upper surface is darkly 

 and richly coloured ; but in the other two it is much duller, 

 except upon the tail. 



The Norwich Museum and the collection of Messrs. Salvin 

 and Godman contain eight specimens from Ecuador — five 

 adult males and three in female plumage ; one of the latter, 

 probably a young male, is the only one of the eight which 

 shows any rufous on the head. The five adult males are 

 rather more spotted on the back than the oldest of those 

 from other localities ; and none of them are entirely imma- 

 culate below, though the one most nearly so only exhibits 

 four spots on one side of the abdomen and five on the other ; 

 the females resemble the more richly coloured of that sex 

 from Colombia. 



Mr. Ridgway's article already referred to contains descrip- 

 tions of male and female specimens of T. isabellinus from 

 Florida and of a young male from Georgia; and he also 

 notices the curious circumstance that some adult males of 

 T. isabellinus from Florida, which have come under his notice, 



