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the same place. I tlieu discovered a nest in the bush which 

 I supposed to belong to them. It was barely three feet from 

 the ground^ and not a very neat structure, being composed of 

 dry leaves and moss. It contained three blue eggs ; one was 

 quite plain, but the other two were speckled with reddish 

 brown. Bill and legs yellow, iris light grey. 



3. TuRDUs GiGAs Frascr. 



These birds are very common throughout the highlands of 

 both Eastern and Western Ecuador at altitudes of from 8500 

 to 11,500 feet. We first saw them in Southern Colombia, 

 but nowhere were they so numerous as in Ecuador, where 

 they may be seen on the tops of bushes and low trees 

 uttering their loud liquid notes, though the song is not long 

 sustained. They were in such numbers at Papallacta, East 

 Ecuador, in February, as to constitute a nuisance. We found 

 their nests on the western side of Corazon in September at 

 9000 feet, also on Pichincha in November at over 10,000 feet. 

 Bill, legs, and feet chrome-yellow, but blackish in the female. 

 Local name " Merla.^'' 



4. TuRDUS MARANONICUS TaCZ. 



Turdus maranonicns Tacz. Orn. d. Perou, i. p. 488. 



3 (^s, 2 ? s. Shot at the Indian village of Archidona and 

 near the mouth of the Coca, on the Upper Napo, East 

 Ecuador^ in April and May. They frequented the clearings 

 around the Indian huts, but I never saw them in the forests. 

 Seebohm (Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 188) states that it is not 

 known that there is any difference of plumage in the sexes, 

 but according to our skins the males are decidedly whiter on 

 the breasts than the females, and also have the throat of a 

 deeper cinnamon colour. 



5. Turdus ignobilis Scl. 



Turdus ignobilis Seebohm, Mon. Turd. p. 241. 



We first came across these birds around Popayan, South 

 Colombia, alt. 5600 feet, where they were somewhat numerous 

 along the hedgerows ; but we did not meet with them again 

 until we descended to the Upper Napo, in Eastern Ecuador. 

 They were plentiful at Archidona, and also at the mouth 



