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Nos. 2277, 2327. ^ d ad. Kovita : 13, 23.xi.08.— AVing 48, 

 49 ; tail 47, 46 ; bill 13^ mm. 



Nos. 2276, 2310. $ $~ ad. Novita : 13, 19.xi.08.— AVing 48; 

 tail 45 ; bill 13 mm. 



No. 2143. 2 juv. Sipi: l.x.08— Wing 47; tail 47; bill 

 12 mm. 



" Iris dark brown, feet and bill black." 



The series agrees with specimens from Western Ecuador, One 

 of the females (no. 2143) approaches I", q. houcardl Scl., from 

 Central America, in the paleness of the under parts, yet it can 

 easily be distinguished by its much smaller, narrower bill, and 

 much longer white tips to the outer rectrices. 



F. q. consohrina is peculiar to W. Ecuador and A¥. Colombia, 

 where it inhabits the hot, forest-covered low country from sea- 

 level up to about 1500 feet. 



122. Ramphoc^nus cinereiventris cinereiventris Scl. 



Rhatnphoccenus cinereiveniris Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 76, 

 pi. Ixxxvii. (June 1855. — " Pasto," S. Colombia, Delattre coll.). 



No. 2506. c5 ad. Novita : 29.i.09.— Wing 53 ; tail 31 ; 

 bill 18 mm. 



No. 2102. § ad. Sipi: 21.ix.08.— AVing 52; tail 32; bill 

 19 mm. 



No. 1976. c? imm. Guineo, Rio Calima : 7.viii.08. — AVing 54; 

 tail 35 ; bill 18 mm. 



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



In addition w^e have an adult male obtained by Mr.Eugene 

 Andre at El Paillon, near Buenaventura, May 6, 1899. 



The specimens from Western Colombia and fourteen others 

 from various localities in AA^estern Ecuador (Chimbo, S. Javier, 

 Cachyjacu, Lita, Rio Yerde) agree perfectly with Sclater's 

 original description, having a very distinct, dusky brown post- 

 ocular streak, and the under parts of a rather clear cinereous 

 with whitish admixture along the middle line. The type-speci- 

 men is said to have been obtained at Pasto, S. Colombia, alt. 

 8000 feet, which is certainly erroneous. li. c. cinereiventris is 

 exclusively restricted to the low country and slopes of the 

 AVestern Cordillera between sea-level and about 3000 feet. 



a. c. semitorquatus Lawr,*, of Avhich I have examined a good 

 series from Eastern Costa Rica (Carrillo) and Chiriqui (Boquete), 

 may easily be distinguished in lacking the brown postocular 

 stripe and in h.aving the belly i-ather darker cinereous with very 

 little, if any, whitish suffusion in the middle. 



A third geogi-aphical race of this group inhabits Eastern 

 Ecuador t- It resembles the Central American form in the 

 absence of the dusky postocular streak, but the upper parts are 

 darker and the sides of the head much deeper coloured. I do not, 



* SJiampJioctsnus semitorquatus Lawrence, Ann. Lj^c. N. H. N.Y. vii. p. 469 

 (1862.— Panama). 



t JR. cinereiventris (nee Sclatei-j 1855) Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. sv. p. 262 

 (Saraj-acu, East. Ecuador). 



