44 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI, BAND 14. N:0 25. 



Asio flammeus Pontop. — 1 (^ ^/^, Piganta, western side 

 of Mojanda, 8400 f.; 1 (^ & 1 $ juv. ''/„ Atacatzo, south-west 

 of Quito, 12000 f.; 1 c^ ^/j„ above Cotocallo, north-eastern 

 Pichincha, 10500 f.; 1 $ y^, ^ &^ 'y„ southern slope of Cora- 

 zon, 11000 f.; 1 (^ '% Corazon, 11500 f. 



Concerning the habits of this owl Consul Söderström 

 has written: »When it is cloudy and misty in the afternoon, 

 this bird flies low över the Paramo. It feeds on 'partridges', 

 small rabbits etc, but it ne ver leaves its resting place, when 

 the weather is fine, except at nigh-time. » 



The fact that several of these specimens have been coUec- 

 ted in the month of June proves that they really are resident s 

 in this region, not migrants, and this is still further confirmed 

 by the interesting find of the yoimg bird at Atacatzo. This 

 specimen is fledged, but still to some extent covered with 

 down so that there is not the slightest doubt about its having 

 been hatched there. 



Otus Mstus ScLATER. — I ^ 7^^, near Rio Curaray, about 

 1000 f. 



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This specimen agrees entirely with Sclater's plate (Träns. 

 Zool. Soc. London IV 1862, Pl. LXI). Berlepsch has identi- 

 fied this species with »Ephialtes tvatsonii» Cassin, but as 

 the description of this latter suits less well to our specimen, 

 and the exact type locality of the same is not known, we 

 have prefered to write the name as above. 



Ciccaba albogularis Cassin. — 1 c^, 1 ? 7^, 1 Q 7^, 1 ^^ 7^^ 

 Alonguinche, southern side of Mojanda 8800 f.; I S, 1 $ "/n, 

 1 ? & 1 pull. 73, 1 $ 17,, 1 S 'Vii, Piganta, western side of 

 Mojanda, 8500 f.; 1 $ ^7,, 1 ^ '7n. southern side of Mojanda, 

 8600—9000 f.; 1 c^ 17^, 1 6^, 1 ? ^7,, below Verdecocha, road 

 to Mindo, 60000—9500 f. 



General colour of upper parts dark brown, sometimes 

 almost black, minutely sprinkled with buff. On the hind 

 neck and upper back an individually much varying number 

 of small roundish, or somewhat irregular white spöts, which 

 on the concealed parts of the feathers may take more or less 

 the shape of bars; in some specimens these white spöts also 

 extend to the scapular region. On the longer scapulars of 

 some individuals the buff mottling broadens to transverse 

 spöts and bars especially on the outer web, most of this is. 



