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our collection, made between Call and Pasto^ and never 

 recovered it. With the exception of some 70, all the skins 

 were made by myself, and most of the specimens were shot 

 by Mr. Hamilton. In some localities we were able to get 

 the Indians to bring in a few birds, but we could not depend 

 upon their doing so with any regularity, or bringing them 

 to us while they were still in a fit condition to skin. At 

 one or two places we also hired a man for a short time to 

 help with the shooting. This was chiefly around Quito, 

 where we wanted certain birds from localities that we could 

 not find time to visit ourselves. 



Here I may as well give the months in which we collected 

 at the various places in Ecuador : — 



July and Auyust 1898. Nanegal, Guiilea, and luteg, West Ecuador. 

 September 1898. Milligalli, Canzacota, and San Nicolas, „ 

 October „ Santo Domingo de los Colorados, „ 



November „ Chiefly spent on Picliincha and Miudo. 

 December „ Valle de Viciosa, environs of Quito and Pichiucha. 

 January 1899. Cliillo Valley and neighboui-liood of Quito. 

 February „ Papallacta, East Ecuador. 

 March „ Baeza, „ 



A2}ril ,, Indian village of Archidona, at foot of the Eastern 



May (first half) 1899. Suno, Upper Ilio Napo. [Andes. 



3£ay, Ju7ie, and July 1899. Rio Coca, Upper Rio Napo. 

 August (first fortnight) 1899. Rio Tiputini, Rio Napo. 



In the following list I have used the arrangement and 

 nomenclature of Sclater and Salvin's ' Nomenclator Avium 

 Neotropicalium/ except where otherwise stated. 



1. Catharus fuscater (Lafr.). 



One c? from above Mindo, altitude 8800 feet, on the Western 

 slope of Pichincha. Its stomach contained berries. The bill 

 is orange, with a black line down the centre ; legs, feet, and 

 rim of eyelids also orange. Although we were a long time 

 in this locality we never saw but the one specimen. 



2. TuRDUS LEUcops Tacz. 



Merula leucops Seebohm, Mon. Turd. p. 47, pi. Ixxxviii. 

 A pair from Gualea, Western Ecuador. The male was 

 shot on the top of a bush, and the female an hour later in 



