452 



11. Dacnis cayana (Linn.). 

 Gualaqniza. 



12. Dacnis angelica, De Fil. 

 Gualaquiza. 



13. Chlorophanes atricapilla, Vieill, 

 Gnalaquiza, £ . 



14. Certhiola luteola, Cab. Mns. Hein. p. 97. 



Zamora and Gualaqniza ; sexes alike, but female smaller. " Giz- 

 zard soft, like that of Trochilidce, and containing insects." 



15. CONIROSTRUM FRASERI, Sp. 110V. 



Supra viridescenti-cinereum, superciliis elongatis et corpore subtus 

 fulvis; alis caudaque nigris grisescente limbatis ; tectricum 

 majorum et secundariorum marginibus externis cum macula 

 primariorum basalt albis ; rostro et pedibus nigris ; tectrieibus 

 subalaribus albis. 



Long, tota 4*5, alse 2*25, caudse 2*0. 



Cuenca, S et $ alike. Irides hazel, bill, legs, and feet nearly 

 black : contents of stomach minute insects. 



This apparently new species of Conirostrum (which I have the 

 pleasure of dedicating to its discoverer) seems most nearly allied to 

 the Bolivian C. cinereum (D'Orb. Voy. pi. 59. f. 1). I have not 

 had an opportunity of comparing it with authentic specimens of this 

 species, but as far as I can judge from the figure and description of 

 D'Orbigny, the present bird may be at once distinguished by its ful- 

 vous supercilia and under surface, and the want of the black head. 

 The Conirostrum fraseri will form a fifth species of this limited 

 group, of the known members of which I have already given a list 

 in these Proceedings (see P. Z. S. 1855, p. 75). There are two ex- 

 amples of this bird in the Derby Museum at Liverpool, both col- 

 lected by Delattre, one of which is marked " Lima" and the other 

 " Guyaquil," and I have also noticed a specimen in Sir "William 

 Jardine's collection, transmitted from Ecuador by Professor Jame- 

 son. 



16. Procinas occidentalis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 249. 

 Zamora, $ ; one ex. from the top of a tall bush. Ovaries full, 



stomach empty. 



17- Euphonia xanthogastra, Sund. 



Gualaquiza, <S , from the top of a large Guarumba tree. Irides 

 very dark hazel*. 



18. Calliste cyaneicollis, (Lafr. et D'Orb.) ; Sclater, Mon. 

 Calliste, pi. 38. p. 87. 



Gualaquiza and Zamora, Dec. and Jan. Irides dark hazel. " Fre- 

 quents the tall trees in parties of three or four individuals. The 



