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[[preprinted]] COLECCION ORNITOLOGICA PHELPS
WILLIAM H. PHELPS
WILLIAM H. PHELPS Jr.
APARADO 2009
CARACAS, VENEZUELA [/preprinted]]

November 23, 1962

Dr. Martín H. Moynihan,
Canal Zone Biological Area,Draweer C, Balboa, Canal Zone.

Dear Dr. Moynihan:

I have yours of 13th. I have been ill so this answer is delayed.  I am very glad that you found your birds at Páramo La Negra.

DIGLOSSA GLAUCA. It is not a Venezuelan bird.

DIGLOSSA CYANEA ^[[|]] CYANEA. I am enclosing sheet showing all specimens collected, with the altitudes. You will see that all [[underline]] C. sitticolor [[/underline]] localities are also [[underline]] D. cyanea [[/underline]] localities, but not vive-versa.

You will see, from my correspondence, that [[strikethrough]] v [[/strikethrough]] you can collect all four species, [[underline]] D. cyanea, D. gloriosa, C. sitticolor [[/underline]] and [[underline]] D. lafresnayii [[/underline]] from the 2,700 y 3,000 stations on the Mérida Teleférico (overhead, trolley suspension cars). You would not have to even hire a car to do so as the Teleférico starts from close to the city of Mérida and goes up the show mountains to the snow line.  You could go up in the early morning and return late in the afternoon. You get to the city of Mérida by frequent planes from Caracas and I think Maracaibo. There is an excellent tourist hotel in Mérida.

DIGLOSSA LAFRESNAYII. It is not rare as we have 18 specimens. Páramo La Negra was the only locality where the others ocurred and not it, so you did not find it there either.

I trust the above covers your questions. Kindly let me know if I can be of any further use to you.

Sincerely,

[[signed]] WH Phelps [[/signed]]

William H. Phelps.