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there is a male from Santo Domingo de los Colorados (^Vn)? 

 2000 f. and a female from Piganta ("/J 8500 so that it appears 

 to live at very different altitudes. 



Oreopeleia bourcieri Bp. — 2 males and 2 females from 

 the woods at Piganta, western side of Mojanda 8500 — 9000 f. 

 collected in the months of No v., Dec. and Jan. A young 

 bird from the same locality is collected ^7i- From Alon- 

 quinche, southern slopes of Mojanda and about the same 

 height there are 2 males and a female from the months of 

 Aug. and Nov., and in addition to these a halfgrown young 

 of ^/g. This proves, that this species propagates at least 

 twice a year. 



Oreopeleia montana Lin. — \ ^ ^j^ near Gualea 4500 f.; 

 1 ? & I juv. ^« 6 Nanegal 6000 f . 



Rollus virginianus aequatorialis Sharpe. — 5 males and 

 3 females from Jaguaracocha near Ibarra, 8000 f., all from 

 July; 1 (^ ^4, from Iliniza, northern side. It appears rather 

 uncertain whether this form can be maintained even as a sub- 

 species, because among all these specimens there is none 

 which has »the lateral tail-coverts pure white» the white as 

 a rule being confined to the outer web alone. As, however, 

 the specimens recorded from the month of July must be breed- 

 ing birds (not migrants) we have preferred to retain the name 

 aequatorialis, until this question can be fully solved on ma- 

 terial from more and different sources. 



Porzana car olina Lin. — 6 males and 1 female from 

 La Carolina, 3 miles north of Quito, 9400 f., collected in the 

 months Jan., Febr., March and one from ^^J^; 10 (^ ^/g from 

 the northern side of Mt. Iliniza. These are no doubt all mi- 

 grants from the north, and it is of interest that they have 

 chosen a winter-resort at such a high altitude. 



Gallinula galeata Bp. — A female from La Carolina "/g 

 has the length of wing 172 mm. This specimen is certainly 

 a migrant, and the same is probably the case with a young 

 female found at the same place 75 considering the natural 

 conditions of the place mentioned (conf. below). On the 

 other hand a male collected at the lake of San Pablo, prov. 

 Imbabura, 8000 f., ^76 niust be assumed to be a resident bird 

 to judge from the season of the year at which it has been 



