1148 MR. C. E. IIELLMAYU OX THE 



Westei'n Colombia and the adjoining parts of Ecuador (province 

 Esmeraldas). 



101. QUEEULA PURPURATA P. L, S, Miill. 



Muscicapa purpKjrata P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. Suppl. 

 p. 169 (1776— ex Daubenton, PI. Enl. 381 : Cayenne), 



Querula cruenta Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1860, p. 143 

 (Turbo); Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 520 (Pocune, 

 JRemedios). 



Nos. 2001, 2151, 2265. J d ad. Noanama : 22.viii. ; Sipi : 

 3.x. ; Novita: 12.xi.08.— Wing 178-182; tail 114-117; bill 

 24 mm. 



Nos. 2044, 2152, 2266, ? 2 Noanama: l.ix. ; Sipi: 3,x. ; 

 Novita: 12.xi.08.— Wing 166-168; tail 108-112; bill 22- 

 23J mm. 



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



These birds have generally smaller bills than those from 

 Guiana, Venezuela (Caura) and Para, but the difference is not 

 quite constant. This is a wide-spread species, i-anging from 

 Costa Rica to Peru, and the mouth of the Amazons. 



102. Synallaxis pudioa kScI. 



Synallaxis pudica Sclater, P. Z. S, 1859. p. 191 (1859. — 

 Bogota); Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 521 (Remedios, 

 Antioquia). 



No. 2116. $ ad. Sipi: 26.ix.08.— Wing 60; tail 73; bill 

 15 mm. 



No. 2730. 2 juv. Pueblo Rico, 5200 ft. : 16.viii.09. 



" Iris brown, feet blue-grey (no. 2116), dark brown (no. 2730), 

 bill black, mandible grey." 



Identical with specimens from Bogota collections, 



103. Synallaxis unirufa Lafr. 



Synnalaxis (sic) unirufa Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. vi. p. 290 

 (1843.— "Colombia"). 



Synallaxis unirufa Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 521 

 (Antioquia). 



No. — . cS ad. Tatama Mountain, 6700 ft., 9.X.09.— Wing 

 61 ; tail 70 mm. ; bill damaged. 



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



Agreeing with a Bogota skin. The plumage is uniform clear 

 chestnut rufous, luther paler underneath, except, of course, the 

 blackish inner webs of the remiges. There is no black gular 

 patch, so characteristic a feature in the allied ,S'. castanea Scl. * 

 from the Silla de Caraccas, Venezuela. 



S. imirufa is peculiar to the high mountains of Colombia. 



* Ann. Miig. Nat. Hist. (2) xvii. p. 466 (1856.— Caraccas). 



