ORNITHOLOGY OF QUITO. 
( Continued from page 45.) 
In our last Number we promised to continue the illustration of 
the ornithology of Quito and its vicinity by every opportunity ; 
and since the present Number has been in type, we have received 
intimation from our friend and correspondent, Mr. .Jameson, that 
a large case has been despatched, which we fully expect during the 
present month of October. The same letter contained skins of a 
beautiful Humming Bird, which although we are aware that spe- 
cimens have been among the London dealers during the last month, 
it has not, we believe, been yet described or published ; and as we 
are anxious to secure for Mr. Jameson the credit of discoveries 
he is so well entitled to, we now give the description, delaying 
any figure until our other specimens arrive, when we shall be able 
also to accompany it with that of the plants which the species 
chiefly frequent. It will also form the subject of an early illus- 
tration in Mr. Gould’s splendid monograph of the family. 
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