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remarkably abundant. They sat on the topmost twigs, 

 and, if disturbed, appeared to drop off suddenly into the bush 

 below, 



87. PCECILOTHRAUPIS PALPEBROSA (Lafr.). 



Five males and two females from Papallacta, Eastern Andes 

 (11,500 feet), to which range they are probably confined' 

 for we met with none in West Ecuador. The two females 

 are scarcely so blue on the rump as the males. This 

 species was generally found in the same trees as Heliochera 

 rubrocristata. 



88. BuTHRAUPis cucuLLATA (Jard.) . 



A good scries of this bird was obtained on both sides 

 of the Andes, at altitudes of from 9000 to 11,500 feet. The 

 western was tlie only side of Pichinclia on which we saw 

 them, but they were more numerous at Papallacta. They 

 have a very harsh call-note, and were generally met with in 

 the company of the following species, B. chloronota. Iris 

 bright red. 



89. BuTHRAUPIS CHLORONOTA (Scl.) . 



Four males and one female from both Cordilleras, at the 

 same altitudes as the preceding species. It was impossible 

 to tell the call-note of one from the other. Although we 

 explored the Volcano of Pichincha so thoroughly on every 

 side, we only met Avith these birds (and many others) on 

 the western slope. The nature of the vegetation is very 

 different on that side from what it is on the other three, 

 and this fact probably accounts for numbers of birds fre- 

 quenting that part of the mountain only. The female is 

 blacker about the forehead than the male. 



90. CoMPsocoMA vicTORiNi (Lafr.). 



A series from various localities along the Western Andes 

 at altitudes of from 9000 to 12,000 feet. 



91. CoMPSOCOMA SUMPTUOSA (LcSS.). 



This still handsomer species we found rather common at 

 Papallacta, on the Eastern Andes, in February, and we 

 procured about a dozen specimens during our stay there. 



