Journey throvgh Colombia and Ecuador. 707 



at the back of Buenaventura. From Cali it was exceedingly 

 common throughout the Cauca Valley down to Popayan, 

 but thence southward we did not see another example 

 until we reached the hot sandy valley of the Chota^ in 

 Northern Ecuador ; then again in the Chillo Valley it 

 was fairly numerous, especially around the village of 

 Tumbaco. 



The birds frequent open situations and (with the exception 

 of the neighbourhood of Popayan) sandy soil. With crest 

 erect they sit silently waiting for passing insects, which 

 they take on the wing, returning to the same twig with 

 graceful evolutions. Local name in Colombia "Titurivi." 



211. CONTOPUS BOREALIS (Sw.) . 



Two (J s. Gualea, Western Ecuador. 



212. CoNTOPUs AKDEsiACus (Lafr.). 



Two (^ s, 1 ? , from Gualea, Western Ecuador, and 2 ? s 

 from Baeza, Eastern Ecuador. The latter difter somewhat 

 from those from the Pacific side in being much lighter on 

 the lower parts of the breast and vent, and in having the 

 wing-coverts edged with light brown. 



213. Myiarchus nigriceps Scl. 



Five c? s, 2 ? s. Intag and Gualea, West Ecuador. Fairly 

 numerous. The females have the under wing-coverts 

 brownish yellow. 



214. Myiarchus ferox (Gm.), 



One male from Archidona, Eastern Ecuador. 



215. Tyrannus PiPiRi (Vieill.). 



One male from Gualea. Iris brownish red. 



216. Tyrannus melancholicus (Vieill.). 



Six S^> 2 c? s jr., 3 ? s. Popayan, Colombia, and Santo 

 Domingo, Western Ecuador. Very common throughout the 

 whole of the Cauca Valley up to altitudes of 6000 feet, where 

 it is often called "Toreador.^^ In Ecuador it is more 

 local, and may be common in one place though not seen 

 at all in a similar spot only a few miles away. Its 

 favourite resort is pasture-land sparsely dotted with trees. 



