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Quito, where he holds the professorship of Natural History at the 

 University as well as an official appointment in the administration of 

 the Mint, has for several years devoted much attention to Ornitho- 

 logy, and has transmitted various collections to Sir William Jardine, 

 accounts of which will be found in the * Contributions to Ornithology ' 

 and the new series of the ' Edinburgh Philosophical Journal.' 



Among the CallistcB peculiar to the valleys in the neighbourhood 

 of the republican capital, is the present handsome species. I became 

 first acquainted with it from a single specimen received by Mr. 

 Edward Wilson from MM. Verreaux of Paris in 1851, but lately 

 Sir William Jardine and Mr. Gould have each obtained examples 

 through the agency of Professor Jameson, which fully confirm my 

 ideas as to its specific distinctness. To the former of those gentlemen 

 I am indebted for a second example of this Tanager, which was pro- 

 cured by Professor Jameson on the western declivity of the Andes 

 near Calacali. 



i^s I have already observed ia speaking of Calliste parzudakii, 

 the present bird greatly resembles that species in general appearance, 

 but may be distinguished by the want of the bright red colouring on 

 the front and sides of the head. 



