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cei, but with the hoary edges of the feathers of the throat and breast much 

 broader." Our Candela specimens, however, have the breast-feathers 

 even more widely margined than in berlepschi, of which we have one specimen 

 from Aplobamba, BoUvia. It is evident, therefore, that the La Candela 

 birds cannot be satisfactorily determined without comparison with authen- 

 tic specimens of souancei. They measure, wing, 137-142; tail, 122-125 

 mm., while Verreaux states that in souancei the wing measures 130, the tail, 

 120 mm. 



La Candela, 3. 



(809) Psittacula conspicillata conspicillata Lafr. 



Psittacula conspicillata Lafb., Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 172 ("Colombia aut Mexico"; 

 1 suggest Honda, Colombia); Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 156 (Guaduas); Stone 

 Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila., 1899, p. 304 (Villavicencio; Llanos San Martin; Amba, 

 lema) . 



This small form of conspicillata inhabits the upper Magdalena Valley 

 from at least Puerto Berrio southward, and is also found in the Tropi- 

 cal Zone at the eastern base of the Eastern Andes. It is thus found 

 throughout the restricted Bogota region, a fact which in connection with 

 Lafresnaye's description of the rump, etc. of conspicillata as " pulcherrime 

 indigotinis" makes it more than probable that his type was a ' Bogota' bird. 



Three males from Puerto Berrio, and two from Malena, have the rump, 

 etc. hyacinth-blue, more purple in tone than in specimens from the more 

 southern and more arid parts of the Magdalena Valley. 



Andalucia, 3; Chicoral, 5; Honda, 3; Puerto Berrio, 6; Malena, 2; 

 Buena Vista, 1 ; Barrigon, 5. 



(809a) Psittacula conspicillata caucse Chapm. 



Psittacula conspicillata cauccs Chapm., Bull. A. M. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, p. 383 

 (Call, Col.) 



Char, suhsp. — Similar to P- c. conspicillata Lafr. of the Bogota region but larger, 

 the wings and tail constantly longer, the bill averaging heavier, the blue areas of the 

 rump, inner wing-quiUs, upper and under wing-coverts decidedly less purple, spectrum- 

 blue, rather than Hay's-blue or blue-violet in color. 



Abundant in the Tropical Zone in the Cauca Valley and ranges upward 

 to the lower margin of the Subtropical Zone crossing the Western Andes at 

 the San Antonio Pass (6800 ft.) to. the arid upper Dagua Valley. It is 

 commonly seen along scrub-bordered roads and in bushy places. 



Caldas, 4; below San Antonio, 1; Call, 3; La Manuelita, 2; below 

 Miraflores, 2; Rio Frio, 2. 



