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the district), it joins the river Bogota, which empties itself into the river 8autia>,'o 

 at Concepcion itself. The month of the Santiago is at the small port of La Tola, 

 north of Esmeraldas. 



Owing to an accident to my barometer, 1 am unable to give tlie exact elevation 

 of Cachavi village; it is probably abont oOO feet. It is surrounded by dense 

 forest, and is very humid. A forest path, in wretchedly bad condition, to Lita and 

 Paramba, is the only means of communication with the interior, the whole country 

 between Cachavi and Lita being uninhabited. The negroes gain a living by 

 collecting indiarnbber and tagua (ivory-nut), and by growing sugar-cane and 

 washini;' for gold. 



Paramba is a farm on the western bank of the river Mira. Its elevation is 

 350U feet, and it is stUl in the forest region, but the open country commences two 

 or three miles higher up the Mira. Sugar, rice, maize, cacao, and coffee are all 

 cultivated on the various farms in tliis district. 



The city of Ibarra, two days' ride from Paramba, and about the same distance 

 irom Quito, is situated at an altitude of about UUUU feet ; the country is open, and 

 for the most part cultivated — wheat, barley, and cotton being the staple products. 



Negroes are seldom seen here, the industrial portion of the community consisting 

 mainly of Indians, descendants of the Incas, whilst tlie whites Hll the official and 

 commercial positions. The city contains a fine hospital and many other large 

 buildings, but is said to have never recovered from the great disaster of 1808, when 

 it was utterly destroyed by an earthquake. 



Cayambe is a town of some 3<IU0 inhabitants, lying N.E. of and about a 

 day and a halfs ride from Quito. Its altitude is 9323 feet (AVhymper), and it 

 lies at the foot of the snow-capped mountain of the same name. Its inhabitants 

 and industries are the same as those of Ibarra, but the climate is much colder. 

 Birds and insects are comparatively scarce, especially in the cultivated parts of 

 the surrounding district, but the former become more abundant on the foot-hills 

 of the great mountain of Cayambe. 



Puerte del Chimbo, with an <'levatiou of about loQo feet above sea-level, is 

 about seventy miles from (}nayai|uil, and is tlie present terminus of the railway 

 from that city. By this route travels much of the merchandise for the interior, 

 although the principal road is vid Babahoyo (Bodegas), which is reached by 

 steamer from Guayaijnil. 



The climate is humid ami uuliraltliy. Much of the surriniudiug countrv is 

 thick forest, but tlie district is more extensively cultivated than is the case on the 

 N.W. coast. 



II. LIST UP THE SPECIES IN THE COLLECTION. 

 I. Turdus daguae Berl]), 



(Jne pair, Cachavi, December •,'oth, 1.51)6. "iris brown; feet black; maxilla 

 blackish brown, mandible a little lighter." Wing <if the wi/i- liiO, of the Jemalc 

 WZ mm. 



2. Turdus maculirostris IJerl]!. A: Tacz. 



Two/ema/M, Chimbo, about P>i)0 feet. "Iris greyish brown; feet and claws 

 liulc Muish grey ; bill pale greenish yellow blackish at base." 



