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pale lemon-yellow (not " white/' as stated in the Brit. Mus. 

 Cat.) and the iris is pale blue ; but in the young the bill is 

 greV; with a yellow tinge at the tip^ and the iris is dark 

 grey. The Ecuadorians call them '' Culembras/' but the 

 Napo Indians called them " Chaupi mangas." 



152. Cassicus affinis Sw. 



From Baeza, E. Ecuador (5500 feet), but we did not meet 

 with any below that place. They were in small flocks on the 

 more open sides of the mountains. Bill pale yellow. I 

 do not think it possible that this bird can be also found on 

 the Western Andes, and the skin in the British Museum 

 obtained by Buckley must be so labelled by mistake. 



153. Cassicus leucorhamphus (Bp.). 



Three males and two females. We constantly met with 

 this species in small flocks during our first two days' walk 

 after we left Baeza, but nowhere at a lower level. It 

 also frequented the mountain-sides where the forests were 

 less dense, and is undoubtedly found on the eastern side 

 only. 



154. Icterus croconotus (Wagl.). 



A male and female from the Simo, Upper Rio Napo. 

 We frequently saw pairs, but they seemed confined to the 

 edge of the forests along the river-banks and places where 

 bamboos grew. On the Coca, in June, I saw three of their 

 nests in close proxioiity suspended from the tips of bamboos 

 overhanging the water. The bare skin around the eyes 

 is dark slaty-blue. Beautiful as the colour of these birds is 

 in the skin, it is still more beautiful in life. I noticed that 

 our specimens faded as soon as they began to dry, and 

 turned more yellow. The Zaparo Indians called them 

 " Palandra pisco,^' which was not very distinctive, for they 

 applied the same name to other birds. It means Plantain- 

 bird. 



155. Amblycercus holosericeus (Scop.). 



A male and female from the foot of the Eastern Andes, 

 Upper Rio Napo. We also saw the birds about the mouth 



