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119. BUARREMON SCHISTACEUS (BoisS.). 



Six males and only one female from Papallacta. Also in 

 breeding condition in February. The female lias the white 

 markings on the primaries much duller than has the male. 



120. BUARREMON SPODIONOTUS (Scl. & Salv.). 



Buarremon spod'wnotus, Scl. Cat. B. xv. p. 264. 



Six adult males and one young male from Papallacta, 

 East Ecuador, in February, and two males and one female 

 from Corazon and Pichincha, West Ecuador (11,000 to 12,000 

 feet), in November and December. The young male from 

 Papallacta is just changing its speckled for a yellow breast, 

 and has the crown of the head and nape light brown, 

 the mantle and rumj) being rusty slate-coloured. The 

 two western males have the crown very pale, shading off 

 into decided fawn-colour on the najje. The female is 

 probably very young, and has the head black with only 

 a few dingy fawn-coloured feathers down the nape. 



121. Arremon spectabilis (Scl.). 



One male from Santo Domingo, in October, and one 

 female from San Nicolas, West Ecuador, in September, 

 Sexes alike. Legs and feet yellow, bill yellowish red. 



122. Oreothraupis arremonops Scl. 



A male from below Miudo, West Ecuador (about 6000 feet) . 

 We shot another of these birds at a higher altitude, but 

 it was stolen with other skins from a hut where we were 

 staying. It was much paler coloured than the former, the 

 feathers of the throat and breast being edged with brown 

 instead of black, and the head blackish brown. The wings 

 and tail were of the same rufous shade in both. 



123. Cissopis leveriana (Gm.). 



From Archidona and the mouth of the Coca, Upper Rio 

 Napo, where individuals w^ere by no means rare in the 

 clearings around the Indian huts. They eat largely of 

 small, hard, green buds, and invariably alight on the top- 

 most twigs of the bushes where these grow. They were 

 always in pairs, and were moulting heavily in May. It is 

 very difficult to pass the head of these birds through the 



