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specimens before me do not present this feature so strongly as one would expect from 

 Mr. Cassin's description and figure, although M. pallescens is certainly of a lighter shade on the 

 wing-coverts than any of the allied species. 



More recently two other naturalists have encountered M. pallescens in its native wilds. 

 Mr. C. W. Wyatt obtained a single example in 1870, during his excursion into the Magdalena 

 valley, " on the Lake of Paturia in the dense forests." On the opposite side of the Magdalena 

 Mr, T. K. Salmon met with it at several of his collecting-localities in the State of Antioquia in 

 1872 and the following years, and supplied us with excellent specimens. 



The species also ranges sufficiently far south to be occasionally present in " Bogota " 

 collections. Skins of the unmistakable " make " of this district are in my collection and in 

 that of Messrs. Salvin and Godman, as will be seen by the subjoined list of those now before 

 me: — 



No. 



Sex. 



Mus. 



Patria. 



Long, tota, 



alee, 



caudas, 



rostri, 



1. 



— 



P. L. S. 



Medellirij Colombia {Salmon). 



11-1 



5-2 



4-7 



1-9 



2. 



c? 



S.-G. 



RemedioSj Colombia (Salmon). 



11-0 



5-3 



4-6 



1-7 



3. 



? 



S.-G. 



RemedioSj Colombia [Salmon). 



11-3 



5-5 



5-3 



1-8 



4. 



6 



P.L. S. 



Magdalena valley ( Wyatt) . 



10-7 



5-7 



5-2 



1-7 



5. 



— 



P. L. S. 



Columbia interior (Bogota) . 



10-6 



5-7 



4-8 



1-7 



6. 



— 



S.-G. 



Columbia interior (Bogota) . 



9-3 



5-3 



5-2 



1-6 



The figure (Plate LIII.) is taken from No. 1. 



