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



Momotus microstephanus argenticinctus Sharpe. — 1 c^, 

 below Gualea,.3000 f. The cincture round the black coronal 

 patch is greenish blue, but broadly tipped with violet on the 

 nape. 



Urospatha martii semirufa Scl. — 2 (^(^, ^7? Santo Do- 

 mingo de los Colorados, 3000 f.; 1 sp. near Gualea; 2 sp. near 

 Nanegal. 



Nyctibius jamaicensis griseus GmL. — 1 (^, ^7?? Milligalli, 

 western side of Corazon, 6000 f.; 1 ?, ^76' near Gualea, 5500 f. 

 Length of wing resp. 280 and 263 mm. 



»Has a scream like people in distress. It screams generally 

 at new moon-time. When the people hear this bird scream- 

 ing, they are af raid and say, that ill luck will come to them. » 

 (L. S.) 



Stenopsis ruficervix Scl. — 15 specimens of both sexes 

 collected at the following localities during the months March 

 to November, thus practically the whole year: outside Quito, 

 9400 f.; neat Nono, 9000 f.; Lloa, 10000 f.; Pichincha, 10500 

 f.; Fanlagua, 16 miles north of Quito, about 8000 f.; road 

 to Guapulo, north of Quito, 9000 f.; near Zambiza, 7 miles 

 northeast of Quito, 7500 f.; foot of Atacatzo, southwest of 

 Quito, 10,000 f. In addition to these there is a not fully 

 fledged young bird collected on the northwestern slope of 

 Mount Corazon, 12000 feet '76- 



Local name: »Compadre Gäspar». 



This species is evidently the common Nightjar of the high 

 plateau around Quito. 



Chaetura zonaris altissima Chapm. — 1 c^, "7i' ^ ?? ^"/g? 

 Chillo valley, south-east of Ouito, 8500 f.; 1 c^, Vio? on the 

 side of Mount Corazon, 10000 f.; 1 ?, 72^ river Machangara, 

 below Quito, 9300 f.; 1 S, ^1^, La Carolina. »Occurs in flocks 

 of from 10 to 60, circling round and round, breeds in small 

 eaves above Quito and other places, mostly found at the edge 

 of the Paramo, sometimes in large flocks ascending abdve 

 Quito. At La Carolina they come down quite close to the 

 ground. » 1 ^, 7i5 above Qutio, in a small cave 10500 f., 

 nest of möss with two naked young ones (the female escaped). 

 »Found on Pichincha, Corazon etc.» (L. S.). Length of wing 

 213—226 mm. 



