1146 MR, C. E. HELLMATR OK THE 



tawny russet upper, and deeper tawny under parts, as correctly 

 pointed out by Hartert, 



Although 1 have not seen the examples from Antioc[uia (Neche, 

 Remedios *), I have little doubt that they also are referable to 

 the present form rather than to typical L. h. holerythrus. 



L. h. rosenhergi is another of the many species peculiar to 

 "Western Colombia and N.W< Ecuador (province Esmeraldas). 



99. COTINGA NATTERERII BoisS. 



Ampelis nattererii Boissonneau, Rev. Zool. iii. p. 2 (1840. — 

 Santa-Fe-de-Bogota). 



Cotinga nattererii Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Mus. no. 50, pt. iv. 

 1907, p. 785 (Eastern Panama (Railway line) to Colombia ; 

 crit.). 



Cotinga simoni Berlepsch, Ornis, xiv. p. 361 (1907.— San Jose, 

 Rio Dagua, W. Colombia). 



Nos. 2267, 2268, 2289, 2281, 2283, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292. 

 cJ c? ad. N6vita, Rio Tamand : 12, 14, 16,xi.08.— Wing 107- 

 111 ; tail 66-69; bill 14.i-15| mm. 



No. 2270. J imm. Novita : 12.ix.08.— Wing 108; tail 67 

 bill 15^ mm. 



Nos.'2282, 2293. S 6 juv. Novita : 14, 16.xi.08.— W^ing 105 

 tail 68, 70: bill 14, 15 mm- 



Nos. 2271, 2275, 2284, 2294, 2295, 2296. $ $ ad. Novita 

 12, 13, 14, 16.xi.08.— Wing 106-110; tail 71-75; bill 14|- 

 15 mm. 



" Iris black, feet dark grey, maxilla black, mandible blue," 



The series of adult males is fairly uniform, the variation 

 being chiefly confined to the intensity of the purple colour 

 of the throat and abdominal patch, INvo specimens, especially 

 nos. 2281, 2291, have the throat darker than the others. All, 

 however, show the characteristic blackish cross-bars (which 

 sometimes have a slight metallic greenish sheen) to the feathers 

 of the throat, already noticed by M. Boissonneau and more fully 

 described by Mr. Ridgway, and the pale cerulean blue border to 

 the gonydeal angle ; the pileum is constantly deeper blue than 

 the back ; the second primary is very nearly as long as the third, 

 and never attenuated on its apical portion, so striking a feature 

 in the allied C. ridgivayi Ridgw,, from Chiriqui and S,W. Costa 

 Rica. 



I am sorry to say that C simoni is clearly a synonym of 

 C. nattererii, for the description of Boissonneau, which Count 

 Berlepsch appears to have overlooked, corresponds exactly to the 

 Choc6 birds, 



I do not understand the Count's statement as regards the 

 coloration of the female which, he says, resembles tliat of 



* L. Iwlerijthrus Sclater & Salvin, V. Z. S. 1879, p, 519 (Nccbe) ; Sc a er, Cat. B, 

 xiv. 1888, p. '357 (part. : Remudios, Nechu), 



