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Synallaxis pudica Sclater. — 2 c^c^ & 2 $$ Febr., below 

 Nono, 9000 f.; 1 J & 1 ?, Febr., northwestern side of Pich- 

 incha, 11000 f. 



Synallaxis gularis Lafr. — 2 ^^ & 2 ?$ Nov. — Dec, 

 Nono, 9—10000 f.; 2 ^^^ & 2 ??, April-^uly, Pichincha, 

 10500— 11000 f. 



Siptornis flammulata Jard. — 5 (^<^, 3 ?$, Pichincha, 

 12 — 13000. Found there the whole year. 



Pseudocolaptes boissoneaui Lafr. — 1 (^ ^V?? 1 S "/lO' 1 (^ 

 ^^4, above Mindo, 6200 f.; 1 $ 7^, road to Nanegal, 7000 f.; 1 J 

 %, 1 c^ 'Vi2. road to Gualea, 6000 f.; 1 (^ 1 ^7„ below Papal- 

 lacta, 7000 f .. Among these specimens only two ha ve especially 

 long bilis, but both these are labeled as males. 



Pseudocolaptes johnsoni n. sp. — 1 $ 7i2' Baeza, road to 

 Napo, 6000 f. 



Pileum and nape brownish black Avith more or less obsolete 

 narrow buffish shaft-stripes, more conspicuous on the hind- 

 neck. Back and scapular region bright chestnut rufous, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts somewhat more rusty. Tail duU chest- 

 nut. Wing-coverts brownish black, margined with rufous. 

 Quills dark brown with the outer web resembling Ridgway's 

 »hazel», but somewhat more inclining to rufous on the se- 

 condaries; the inner web edged with påle cinnamon. Auricular 

 region blackish brown, obsoletely streaked with buffish. 

 Chin, throat and målar region buffy white, mottled vAih dusky. 

 Subauricular tuft basally creamy white, subterminally buffish 

 yellow, and finally narrowly tipped with dusky. Fore-neck 

 dark sooty brown with whitish central spöts, which become 

 gradually more and more broadly edged with buff towards 

 the chest. The prevailing colour of the breast is a bright 

 rusty rufous with dusky margins and narrow whitish shaft- 

 streaks to the feathers. Flanks, belly and crissum bright rust 

 red; under wing-coverts somewhat paler, more ochraceous 

 orange. Wing: 100 mm.; tail 90 mm.; tarsus 26,2 mm.; 

 middle-toe with claw: 23 mm. 



This bird is evidently the representative of P. boissonneauii 

 on the eastern side of the Andes, and in consequence of this 

 it is provided with more saturated colours. We have taken 

 the pleasure of naming it for Consul General Axel Axrsox 



