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among the thick undergrowtli on the river-bank. It was 

 disputing with, or seemed to be disturbed, by, the presence 

 of a male Chiromachceris gutturosa, and both were shot 

 together. With lowered head, it kept opening and shutting 

 its wings very rapidly, making a curious whirring sound all 

 the time. Iris reddish brown. 



163. Agriornis solitaria Scl. 



Three (J s & 2 ? s from Quito and its environs. They 

 are common birds around the city, and may be seen 

 everywhere on the house-tops, especially during the months 

 of November and December, when they appeared to be in 

 greater numbers. They have loud liquid notes, but the 

 song is not sustained. We saw them on the Western 

 Andes at altitudes of from 8500 to 11,000 feet, where they 

 generally sat about on the rocks and stones, but not at any 

 of the localities where we collected on the Eastern Andes. 

 In Quito they nested under the tiles of the roofs and in the 

 church towers. Iris light brown. Local name " Solitario.'^ 



164. Myiotheretes erythropygius Scl. 



One male from Pichincha, Western Andes, at 14,000 feet, 

 and one male from the Guamani Pass, Eastern Andes, at 

 nearly 16,000 feet. I noticed these birds at other elevated 

 localities on both sides of Ecuador, but always singly. The 

 rufous bases to the tail-feathers make them cousidIcuous 

 when flying. The Eastern specimen is rather paler on the 

 head than the one from the Western Andes. The stomach 

 contained small moths and beetles. 



165. Myiotheretes striaticollis Scl. 



Two males from Pichincha, at about 10,000 feet elevation. 

 Pound sitting on the tops of the low bushes, whence they 

 fly upwards into the air with a kind of somersault-motion, 

 apparently taking their insect-prey on the wing. 



166. OcHTHODI^ETA FUMIGATUS (BoisS.). 



Three males from Pichincha from an altitude of between 

 11,500 and 13,000 feet, and one male and one female from 

 Papallacta, Eastern Andes, 11,500 feet. All our specimens 



