GOULDIA ^QUATORIALIS, Berhpsch ^ Tacz. 



Ecuador Thorn-tail. 



Gouldia conversi (Bquatorialis^ Berlepsch & Tacz. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 567. 



Count von Berlepsch and Dr. Taczanowski state that the specimens of Gouldia conversi from Chimbo in 

 Ecuador differed from those from Bogota in having the elongated phimelets in the centre of the breast of 

 a fine blue colour, more or less intense, whereas the Colombian birds have these plumelets of a bluish or 

 golden green. The wings are also shorter and the smaller upper tail-coverts have more of a copj)ery 

 violet tint; otherwise the two forms do not differ. 



[R. B. S.] 



