1094 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



^o. — . S ad. Tatamu, 2794 ft.: 12.X.09.— Wing 72 ; tail 58 ; 



bill 13 mm. 



"Iris reddish brown, feet dark grey, bill black" 



Agrees with Bogota skins, whereas specimens from Merida are 



a darker and more uniform bluish colour below with scarcely 



any greyish admixture on the vent. Topotypical birds from 



Caraccas are not available for comparison. 



D. c. ccerulescens is known only from the mountains of Colombia 



and Venezuela. In Peru it is replaced by the nearly allied 



D. c. pallida Berl. & Stolzm.* 



19. Dacnis venusta fuliginata Bangs. 



\_I)acnis venusta Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H. N.Y. vii. p. 464 

 (1862. — Panama Railroad)] 



D. venusta fidiginata Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xxi. p. 160 

 (1908. — Jimenez, W. Colombia). 



D. venusta (nee Lawrence), Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 497 (Remedios). 



No. 2215. c? ad. Noanama: 22.X.08.— Wing 62; tail 39; 

 bill 11 mm. 



Nos. 2243, 2244. S S ad. Novita : 7.X.08.— Wing 64^, 65 ; 

 tail 401, 41 ; bill 10, 11 mm. 



No. 385. c? ad. Jimenez, 1600 ft.: 12.vi.07.— Wing 63; 

 tail 40 ; bill 10^ mm. 



No. — . 6 ad. Rio Dagua: 8.vi.95. Rosenberg coll. — Wing 63 ; 

 tail 40 i ; bill 10 mm. 



No. — . $ ad. Rio Dagua: lO.vii. 95. Rosenberg coll. — Wing 

 64; tail 42; bill 11 mm. 



" Iris crimson, bill and feet black." 



In addition, I have examined two males from Jimenez (June 

 14, 28), in Mr. Rosenberg's possession. D. v. fidiginata is a 

 perfectly good form. Compared with the series from Panama, 

 Chiriqui and Costa Rica in the Munich Museum, the males sent 

 by Mr. Palmer differ in having the underparts much darker, 

 deep black with hardly a trace of the greenish hue so conspicuous 

 in the Central American birds. The female is smaller t, and 

 rather deeper ochraceous bufi' on the lower belly and under tail- 

 coverts than those from more northern localities. The bill, in 

 the southern race, is constantly shorter. Birds from Costa Rica 

 and Chiriqui have much longer wings and tail, while those from 

 Panama, in size, approach D. v. fuliginata. 



Eight adult males from Chiriqui and Costa Rica measure : 

 wing 67-70 ; tail 43-45 ; bill 12-13 mm. 



Three adult males from Panama (Railroad) measure : wing63|- 

 66 ; tail 42-43 ; bill 12-13 mm. 



* P. Z. S. 1896, p. 334 (Cliacbapoyos, N. Peru ; Garita del Sol, C. Peru). 



t Three adult females from Chiriqui measure : wiug 65-67 ; tail 43-44| ; bill 



-13 mm. 



