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Inhabits open, scrubby areas in the Tropical Zone of the Cauca Valley 

 and Caldas basin. 



Palmira, 2; Caldas, 5. 



(3718) Oryzoborus angolensis {Linn.). 



Loxia angolensis Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 303 ("Angola"; Hellmayr sub- 

 stitutes east Brazil). 



Andalucia, 1 cf ; Villavicencio, 1 9 • 



(3722) Oryzoborus crassirostris crassirostris (Gmel). 



Loxia crassirostris Gmbl., Syst. Nat., I, 1789, p. 862 (Guiana). 



A pair from Villavicencio; the male with the wing 67 mm. as compared 

 with 72 mm. in a Trinidad specimen. 

 Villavicencio, 2. 



(3723a) Oryzoborus funereus Scl. 



Oryzoborus funereus Scl., P. Z. S., 1859, p. 378 (Oaxaca) ; Scl. & Saly., Ibid., 

 1879, p. 506 (MedeUin); Allen, BuU. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 165 (Minca; 

 Chirua; La Concepcion). 



Oryzoborus funereus wthiops Hellm., P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1098 (R. Calima). 



Ten specimens from the Tropical Zone of the Pacific coast and Cauca 

 Valley, are evidently all of one form and in default of a series from Ecuador 

 I refer them to funereus, with our Central American specimens of which 

 they agree. 



Measurements. 



Nicaragua 3 males (Ridgw.) 



Panama 1 " 



N6vita 1 " 



Barbaooas 2 " 



Naranjo, Manavi, Ecuador, 1 male 



Rio Frio, Col., 2 males 



It will be observed that the largest bird in the table is from Ecuador, 

 whence cethiops Scl. was described. I have, however, no females from 

 Ecuador, which are said to be duller in tone than Central American females. 



Atrato River, 1 9 ; Novita, Icf ; Buenaventura, 2 9 ; Barbaooas, 2 9 ; 

 Rio Frio, 3 9 . 



