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Ecuador at such times of t lie year as the lOth of May and 

 the lOth of August. 



Cerchneis cinnamomina equatorialis Mearns. — Adult 

 males: 1 sp. ^7o, Pichincha, 10500 f.; 1 sp. 'V,, La Carolina; 

 1 sp. Vs' 1 sp. 7ii, Cumbaya, 6 miles east of Quito, 8000 f.; 

 1 sp. Vs, Tumbaco, 9 miles east of Quito, 7500 f.; 1 sp. 'V3, 

 1 sp. '7-, Pomasqui; 1 sp. 'U, Chaupicruz; 1 sp. 'V3, Guapulo, 

 8900 f. Females: 1 sp. "/s, 1 sp. 7^, outside Quito, 9400 f.; 

 1 sp. -79, above Quito, 10000 f. Immature males: 1 sp. '7e, 

 Cumbaya; 1 sp. -^/v, Pomasqui. Local name: »Quilico» or 



»Guilico ». 



Consul Söderström writes, that this Kestrel is mostly 

 found in the Agave-hedges from Quito and downwards to an 

 altitude of 6000 feet. Around Quito it is found in most places. 

 It feeds on lizards and sometimes on small birds, and it is 

 able to devouring its prey while balancing itself in the air. 

 It is very easily tamed. The length of wing of the males is 

 from 185 to 193 mm. As these specimens are all of them nearly 

 from the same locality, it is not probable that there is any 

 racial difference expressed by this variation in size, in fact 

 small and large specimens are partly from exactly the same 

 place. The larger ones have, however, as a rule fewer spöts 

 and may be more mature birds. The red colour of the back 

 varies somewhat in intensity, but the cinnamon-rufous of the 

 lower side still more. This is at least partly independent of 

 age as one of the lightest is at the same time one of the least 

 spotted. Only one of these specimens shows two rufous feathers 

 on the hinder part of the crown, in the immature males there 

 are more rufous feathers and one of them has a real patch of 

 this colour. Old females are also without rufous on these 

 parts, but in the younger ones some feathers are streaked 

 with rufous. 



Bubo nigrescens Berl. — 1 ^ ''U^, 1 ? '79' Cumbaya, 

 6 miles east of Quito, 8000 f.; 1 c^ '73. 1 c^ '7i2. Quebrada, 

 Tumbaco, 7500 f . All these specimens are more or less spotted 

 on top of the head. 



Asio stygius Wagler. — I ^ ^^U above Cotocallo, north- 

 eastern side of Pichincha 10000 f.; 1 c? ^'U, Atahualpa, western 

 side of Mojanda, 8500 f.; 1 c^ 'Vn, western side of Mojanda, 

 9000 f. 



