lURDS OF WESTERX COLOMBIA. 1113 



Xo. 2110. 6 imm. Sipi : 23.ix.08.— ^Ying 85; tail 77; 

 bill 16 mm. 



Nos. 1956, 2228, 2240. $ ?. San Joaquim, l.viii.08 ; Eio 

 Caj.jn: 2, 5.xi. 08.— Wing 79-82; tail 71-76; bill 15-16 mm. 



"Iris red, dark brown (no. 2433), feet blue-grev or blue, 

 bill blue." 



The jMunich Museum also possesses specimens obtained by the 

 late J. H. Batty on the Rio Guapi, 200-300 feet alt. 



R. icieronotus ranges from Yeragua to S.W. Ecuador (district 

 of Guayaquil) *, frequenting the forest- region, fi-om sea-level up 

 to about 3000 feet. 



45. PiRAXGA RUBRA RUBRA Linn. 



Fringilla rubra Linnseus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 181 (1758.— based 

 on Catesby, Xat. Hist. Carolina etc. i. p. 56, pi. 56 ; Carolina, 

 Virginia). 



Pyranga a^stiva Cassin, Proc. Acad. X. Sci. Philad. 1860, p. 140 

 (Turbo); Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 502 (Concordia, 

 Frontino). 



Xos. 2203, 2213, d d ad. Xoanama, 100 ft., 20, 22.X.08,— 

 Wing 94, 95 ; tail 74, 76 mm. 



Xo. 2223. c? ad. Rio Cajon : 30.X.08.— Wing 96 ; tail 73 mm. 



Xos. 2817, 2823, 2830. J dad. Pueblo Rico,'^5200 ft., 28, 30.x., 

 3.xi.09.— Wing 93, 96, 99 ; tail 72, 74, 76 mm. 



Xo. 2204. cJ j^^iv. Xoanama : 20.x. 08. 



Xos.2224, 2251, 2390. $ $ . X'ovita : 9, ll.xii.08 ; Rio Caj.m : 

 30.X.08.— Wing 92-93 mm. 



" Iris dark brown, feet grey or purplish grey, maxilla yellowish 

 brown or horn-colour, mandible yellowish brown, yellow, or grey." 



A common winter visitor to South Ameiica. 



46. Phcexicothraupis cristata Lawr. 



Phcenicothraupis cristata Lawrence, Ann. Lye. X. H. X. Y. xi. 

 ■p. 70 (Feb. 1875.— Bogota). 



Phcenicothraupis cristata Sclater ct Salvin. P. Z. S. 1879. p. 502 

 (Frontino, Antioquia) ; Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. AY ash. xxiii. p. 75 

 (Xaranjito, R. Dagua). 



X^os. 3778, —. S S ad. La Selva, 4600 ft., Oct. '09.— Ylng 

 97, 98; tail 85, 89; bill 18, 19 mm. 



Xo. — (not numbered). S ad. Pueblo Rico, 5200 ft., 

 X^ov. '09.— Yaug 98 : tail 89 : bill 17| mm. 



Xo. — (not numbered), d ad. Loma Hermosa, 4150 ft., 

 Oct. 20, '09.— Wing 100 ; tail 90; bill (damaged) mm. 



Xos. 2739, 2829."$ $ ad. Pueblo Rico: viii, 3.xi.09.— Wing 

 94, 95 ; tail 86 ; bill 18, 20 mm. 



* Ridgway (Bull. U.S. Mus. no. 50, pt. ii. r. 114) erroneously included " Central 

 Peru " in the habitat of this species. Palmal whence Taczanowski (P. Z. S. 1877, 

 p. 332) recorded a couple, is not in Peru, but in the district of Santa Rosa, province 

 of Guayaquil, S.W. Ecuador. E. icteronotus does not occur anywhere in Peru. 



