330 Mr. C. W. Wyatt on the 



, 80. Icterus giraudi. 

 Very common in the " tierra templada." Frequents gardens, 

 bushes by streams, &c. Its range upwards does not seem to 

 exceed an altitude of about 7000 feet. Iris brown. 



81. Sturnella ludoviciana. 



This curious bird we first met with on some marshy ground 

 near La Cruz, and afterwards in the Cocuta valley. Altitude 

 5000 feet. When we first saw them we mistook them for 

 Plovers. 



82. Xanthosomus icterocephalus. 



We used to put up hundreds of these birds from the reeds 

 as we paddled about on the lake of Paturia. 



83. QUISCALUS assimilis. 

 Cienaga. 



• 84. QuiSCALUS SUBALARIS. 



This pretty black Starling, with a chocolate-coloured patch 

 on the wing, we shot amongst the oaks under the paramo of 

 Pamplona. Altitude about 9000 feet. 



85. Cyanocitta armillata. 



A bird of the high regions. Frequents wooded streams just 

 under the paramos. The blue bloom on the plumage as the 

 bird flies and the light falls on it, is exceedingly beautiful. We 

 only met with it on three occasions, on two of which it occurred 

 in small flocks of five or six. Iris dark brown. 



86. Cyanocorax incas. 



Generally distributed amongst the mountains from an altitude 

 of about 4000 feet. Its range upwards overlaps that of the 

 allied species C. armillata, and is only terminated by the para- 

 mos. They seemed to be very fond of the fruit of the guava, 

 which grew in a wild state in a valley near Ocafia. They gene- 

 rally congregate in small flocks of six or seven, and are exceed- 

 ingly shy and wary. Iris bright yellow. 



87. SyNALLAXIS WYATTI*. 



Towards the end of what seemed likely to prove a fruitless 

 day, so far as birds were concerned, while crossing the paramo 

 * [SYNALLAXIS WYATTI, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 840.] 



