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180. EUSCARTHMTJS SQUAMICRISTATUS (Lafr.). 



Six c?s, 7 ? s. Common at San Nicolas in September, but 

 during a few days' stay there at the end of the following 

 month we did not observe a single individual in their former 

 haunts. We also procured specimens at Santo Domingo 

 and Guanacillo in the western forests. 



181. PsEUDOTRiccus PELZELNi (Tacz. & Berl.). 

 Pseudotriccus pelzehn Tacz. & Berl. P. Z. S. 18S5, p. 88. 

 Two $ s. One from Milligalli and the other from Gualea, 



West Ecuador. Both were shot in high trees and among 

 the creepers. The birds appear to prefer the more open 

 parts of the mountain-slopes ; they are restless, and utter an 

 incessant monotonous note^ much resembling that of Mtjio- 

 bius ornatus. 



182. Hapalocercus acutipennis Scl. & Salv. 



One male only, from the Santa Carolina marshes just out- 

 side Quito on the north, and evidently scarce there. This 

 species lives among wiry grass, clinging to the longest bents 

 as it flies from clump to clump. Iris dark red. 



183. POGONOTRICCUS OPHTHALMICUS (TaCZ.). 



Three (^ s, 2 2 s, from the western sides of Picliincha and 

 Corazon along the edge of the forest-limit, keeping to the 

 thicker parts. 



184. Serphothaga cinerea (Strickl.). 



Four c? s, 1 ? . Intag, Mindo, and the Chillo Valley. 



185. Serphophaga ruficeps (Lafr.). 

 One male from Mindo, Western Ecuador. 



186. Serphophaga pcecilocerca (Scl. & Salv.). 

 A single male from Nanegal, Western Ecuador. 



187. An^retes parulus (Kittl.). 



A large series of birds from the neighbourhood of Quito, 

 where they were very common during the months of November 

 and December along all the hedgerows. In the way they cling 

 to the twigs &c. they much resemble some of our English 

 Tits. They go about in small flocks of from nine to a dozen, 



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