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(1867. — Costa Rica^ Nicara,giia, New Granada (Atrato River, 

 Bogota), etc. ; type from Costa Rica, cfr. Stone, I. c. vol. li. 

 1899, p. 34). 



/. mssomelas Cassin, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. 1860, p. 140 (River 

 Atrato) ; Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 509 (Neche). 



No. 2614. 2 a^cl- Condoto, R. Condoto : 20.iv.09.— Wing 94 ; 

 tail 100 ; bill 20 mm. 



No. 1971. c? juv. Guineo, R. Calima : 5.viii.08. 



" Iris dark brown, feet blue, bill black." 



The adult bird agrees with Bogota skins. The length of the 

 wing, in the latter, varies from 93 to 96 mm. None of my 

 Colombian specimens showing any trace of white edging to the 

 inner secondaries, I consider X. m. scdviniias a well-characterized 

 race. 



In S.W. Ecuador (district of Guayaquil) and N."VY. Peru 

 (Tumbez, Lechugal, Callacate, etc.) another distinct form is met 

 with. It has been named A^ m. taczanofvskiiKi(\^w.*,{\nd may 

 be recognized by its inferior size (wing 85-88 mm.), lesser extent 

 of black at the base of the outer rectrices, and by having con- 

 spicuous yellowish-white edges to the innermost secondaries. 

 Cfr. Berl. & Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 552 (s. n. /. mesomelas). 



62. Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster Tarragon. 



Cassici!,s pyro/u/pogasterTiiTrsigon, Rev. Zool. x. p. 252 (1847. — 

 '" Nouvelle Grenade "). 



Hypojnjrrhus pyrrhogaster Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 510 (Envigado, Santa Elena). 



Nos. 2832, 2833. 2 2 (ii^ moult). Pueblo Rico, 5200 ft., 

 4.xi.09. 



No. 3768. S ad. Siato, 5200 ft., 23.ix.09.— Wing 142; 

 tail 140 ; bill 31 mm. 



Nos. 3758, 3761, 3762, 3770. 2 2 • Siato : 17, 18, 23.ix.09.— 

 Wing 127-130; tail 128-133; bill 27-29 mm. 



" Iris light yellow, feet and bill black." 



The specimens agree with a number of Bogota skins in the 

 Munich Museum. As will be seen from the above measurements 

 the females have much shorter wings and tnil. 



H . pyrohypogaster' is restricted to the highlands of Colombia. It 

 is not uncommonly met with in Bogota collections, and Salmon 

 procured several examples in Antioquia. 



63. Cyanocorax affinis affinis Pelz. 



Gyanocorax affinis Pelzeln, Sitzungsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-naturw. CI. xx. 1, p. 164 (1856. — Bogota); Sclater k 

 Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 510 (Cauca, Remedies). 



* Icterus mesomelas taczanmcslii Ridgway, Proc. Wasli. Acad. Sci. iii. p. 153 

 (1901.— Guayaquil, S.W. Ecuador). 



