42 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 14. N:0 25. 



culmen from cere resp. 30 and 30,5 mm., the same from the 

 feathers resp. 39,3 and 41,5 mm. 



Spizaetus ornatus Daudin. — 1 c^ juv. Ys' near Gualea, 

 5000 f. 



Elanoides forjicatus Lin. — \ S ^lio, 1 c? ^Vg' near Gualea, 

 3 — 4000 f.; 1 unsexed ^7ii' ^-^^ Domingo de los Colorados, 

 3000 f. Concerning this species and its habits Consul Söder- 

 ström has made the following Communications: »It arrives 

 generally at the end of Sept. or beginning of Oct., very common 

 in the woods along the rivers in Nov.-March. It is difficult 

 to shoot, because it flies very high. It feeds on lizards and 

 insects which it catches from the branches of the trees when 

 in full flight. » 



Chondrohierax (= Regerhinus) uncinatus Temm. — \ S 

 ^Vio, 1 ? «7,, near Gualea, 5—6000 f. 



Ictinia pkimbea Gmel. — 1 (^ ^Ve» ^^^^.r Mindo, 5000 f. 



Harpagus bidentatus Lath. — 1. juv. "/g, near Niebli, 

 northwestern side of Pichincha, 7500 f.; 1 c^ a,d. ^7?' 1 <^ ^^• 

 Vs, road to Gualea, 6000 f.; 1 c^ 'U, 1 $ '73, near Gualea, 5000 f. 



The adult specimens represent all stages from the one 

 with the lower parts chestnut to such with hardly any rufous 

 tint below. 



Falco peregrinus anatum Bp. — I ^ & 1 $ Vic ^ ? j^^- 

 7io, Pichincha, 10—12000 f.; 1 c^ juv. "7^, 1 (^ juv. ^^I„ Po- 

 masqui 12 miles north of Quito, 8500 — 9000 f.; 1 (^ juv. Vg, 

 Chaupicruz, 9400 f . From the above is apparent, that at least 

 young birds of this species sometimes remain in Ecuador as 

 late as in May and June. 



Falco rufigularis Daudin. — 1 (^ ^7?' ^ unsexed 74, Mindo. 



Falco fusco-caerulescens Vieill. — I <^ ^73? 1 S '^li^ 1 c^ 

 ^7„ 1 S ''I,, 1 ? 72, 1 ? '7io, Carapungo, 8500 f.; 2^^ 7„ 

 1 ^ Vii, Chaupicruz, 9500 f.; 1 ? -75, 1 ^ '7^, Zambiza, 7500— 

 8000 f. 



Falco columbarius Lin. — 1 c^ 7io' 2 ?? ^7io» Carapungo; 

 1 ^ % 1 S ''Is, 1 ? '7n, Chaupicruz; 1 ^ ^/„ 1 S ''I,, 1 3 'Vs^ 

 Zambiza; 1 ? 7^, 1 <^ "/a, 1 c? -7^, Pomasqui, 8500 f.; 1 c^ 7n 

 Quito. 



It is of interest to state the presence of this species in 



