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direction. Among the birds collected by the late Mr. T. K. Salmon at Nichi, in the province 

 of Antioquia, of which Mr. Salvin and I have given an account in the ' Proceedings ' of the 

 Zoological Society for 1879, were several examples which must be referred to this species. 

 They have the same narrow breast-band as in the Panama and Western-Ecuador form, but 

 rather less spotting on the head, this feature being restricted in one example to a few specks of 

 white on the forehead. The tail is banded throughout, except on the two middle rectrices, as in 

 B. tectus. 



We have, unfortunately, as yet, no accounts of the habits of this Puff-bird. 



The following table gives the localities and dimensions of the examples of this species in 

 my collection and in that of Messrs. Salvin and Godman : — 



No. 



Sex. 



Mus. 



Patria. 



Long, tota, 



al8&,, 



caudse, 



rostri. 



1. 



6 



P.L. S. 



EsmeraldaSj Ecuador {Frasei-) . 



5-9 



2-8 



2-2 



0-95 



2. 



6 



P. L. S. 



Nichij Antioquia [Salmon) . 



6-0 



2-6 



2-2 



1-00 



3. 



6 



S.-G. 



Nichi, Antioquia (Salmon). 



6-1 



2-5 



2-2 



1-00 



4. 



inc. 



P. L. S. 



Panama [M' Cleawnan) . 



5-7 



2-8 



2-3 



1-00 



5. 



c? 



S.-G. 



Panama {M' Cleannan) . 



5-7 



2-7 



2-2 



1-00 



6. 



$ 



S.-G. 



Panama {M' Cleannan) . 



5-7 



2-7 



2-3 



110 



7. 



c? 



S.-G. 



Panama [M' Cleannan). 



5-8 



2-7 



2-2 



1-00 



8. 



2 



S.-G. 



Veragua {Arce). 



5-2 



2-7 ■ 



2-2 



1-00 



The upper figure (Plate XXVII.) is taken from No. 1, the lower figure from No. 2. 



