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Show 496 MESSRS. SCLATER A N D SALVIN O N [Ju«e 3, 41. STELGIDOPTERYX UROPYGIALIS (Lawr.); Baird, Rev. A. B. D. 317. Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, insects. Eggs (no. 100) white: axis *8, diam. *57. Fam. CCEREBID^E. 42. DIGLOSSA SITTOIDES (d'Orb. & Lafr.); Scl. Ibis, 1875, p. 208. Retiro, Concordia. Iris dark. Food, insects. 43. DIGLOSSA ALBILATERALIS, Lafr.; Scl. Ibis, 1875, p. 216, pi. v. figs. 1 and 2. Iris dark. Food, insects. Retiro, Medellin, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Eggs (no. 56) greenish blue, thickly marked at the larger end with red-brown spots: axis '72, diam. *51. Nest open, made of moss, fibres, and rootlets, lined at the bottom with moss. 44. DIGLOSSA BRUNNEIVENTRIS, Lafr.; Scl. Ibis, 1875, p. 211. Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) The occurrence of this Diglossa so far north is quite new to us; but we find no difference between Mr. Salmon's skins and Peruvian examples obtained by Jelski. 45. DIGLOSSA PERSONATA (Fraser); Scl. Ibis, 1875, p. 218. Retiro, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Iris red. Food, insects. Eggs (see Plate XLII. fig. 1) pale greenish blue, thickly spotted with brown spots, especially at the larger end: axis *8, diam. *6. Nest open, made of dead grass, fibres, and a little moss, and lined with feathers. 46. DIGLOSSOPIS CERULESCENS, Scl.; Ibis, 1875, p. 219. Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris red. Food, fruit and insects. Builds in low bushes. Eggs (no. 13) pale greenish blue, blotched with red-brown spots, chiefly at the larger end: axis *75, diam. *57. Nest open, made of moss, fibres, and dead grass, and lined with fine fibres. 47. CONIROSTRUM ALBIFRONS, Lafr. R. Z. 1842, p. 301. Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, insects. 48. DACNIS CAYANA (Linn.); Scl. Ibis, 1863, p. 313. Remedios. |