ORNITHOLOGY OF QUITO. 
We have, besides these, five additional species, not noticed before 
in the ornithology of Quito. 
T. temminckit. — This is a very powerfully winged bird, coming 
almost near to some of the Campylopteri in the strength of the 
quills. A male varies slightly from Mr. Gould’s figure, in haying 
the blue on the upper surface of the wings confined to the secon- 
daries ; and on the under surface, to the secondaries and base of the 
quills. Our specimen, marked female, is deep rufous on the throat, 
breast and centre of the belly, and the two onter tail-feathers, are 
white along the centre. It may be a less mature state than Mr. 
Gould’s @. This species “ occurs in the wooded region of the 
Andes, between 10,000 and 12,000 feet elevation, extracting its 
food from the flowers of Siphocampylus giganteus.” 
T. thallassinus, Swain. (1827).— Ornismya and Ramphodon 
anais, Less. 1831.— The tip of the maxilla has fine regular 
recurved teeth or serratures.—‘‘ A widely diffused species, and 
frequents the flowers of Bernadesia spinosa.” 
T. (Eriopus) luciani, Bourc.— The specimens seem to be as 
named above by Bourcier ; it seems however to be allied to several 
species. The above named author states, that it approaches 7. 
cupreoventris of Fraser and 7, mosquera of De Lattre; it also 
comes near to T'. glaucopoides de la Fresnaye.—“ It inhabits the 
western side of Pichincha at 10,000 to 12,000 feet elevation. and 
is very common.” 
T. allardi, Bourc.— The speci i i 
Fis: > j pecimens agree with B ; 
description of the bird we ha me ial 
: : ve named, except that he states, 
croupion roux-clair.” (See our figure in next part.) Bour- 
cier’s Specimens were from Santa Fé de Bogota. Professor Jame- 
son states, that the birds sent are from “the western declivity of 
Pichincha. It feeds generally on the flowers of a blue lupine, and 
its habits certainly resemble i 
more those 
itunes ao of an insect than one of 
“e ip) ~pennis, Bo URC, A ees enerall with Bou 
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