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(1541a) Andigena nigrirostris occidentalis Chapm. (Plate XXXVIII.) 



Andigena nigrirostris occidentalis Chapm., Bull. A. M. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, p. 

 385, (San Antonio, W. Andes, Col.). 



Andigena spilorhynchus Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 537 (Prontino, Concordia). 



Char, subsp. — Similar to A. n. spilorhynchus (Gould) but with the red area 

 at the base of the bill larger on the maxilla and crossing the base of the mandible. 



This form is apparently restricted to the Subtropical Zone of the West- 

 ern Andes. 



San Antonio, 6; Cerro Munchique, 1; La Florida, 1. 



In the Western Andes, A. n. occidentalis was found only in the Subtropi- 

 cal Zone, where it is not uncommon, but of our three specimens of spilo- 

 rhynchus two are from the Temperate Zone and one from the junction of 

 this zone with the Subtropical Zone. 



Laguneta, 2; Salento (9000 ft.), 1. 



(1546) Pteroglossus pluricinctus Gould. (Plate XXXVIII.) 

 Pteroglossus pluricinctus Gotjld, P. Z. S., 1835, p. 157 ("Brasilia"). 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone at the eastern base of the Eastern Andes. A 

 female from Villavicencio agrees with Gould's plate (Monog. Ramph., 1854, 

 pi. 17), but two specimens from La Morelia have more red in the abdominal 

 belt. 



La Morelia, 2; Villavicencio, 1. 



(1547) Pteroglossus castanotis castanotis Gould. (Plate XXXVIII.) 



Pteroglossus castanotis Gould, P. Z. S., 1833, p. 119 ("Brasilia"). 



A single specimen from Villavicencio, appears to be not fully mature and 

 has only a faint trace of chestnut on the nape. 

 Villavicencio, 1. 



(1550) Pteroglossus torquatus nuchalis Cab. (Plate XXXVIII.) 



Pteroglossus nuchalis Cab., J. f. O., 1862, p. 332 (Porto Cabello "Neu-Granada" = 

 Venezuela). 



Pteroglossus torquatus Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, p. 537 (Remedies); Robinson, 

 Flying Trip, p. 157 (Yeguas); Allen, Bull. A. M. N. H., XIII, 1900, p. 133 (Bonda). 



Inhabits the Tropical Zone of the lower Cauca and Magdalena Valleys 

 and northward. Comparison of seventeen Colombian, with twentv-five 



