708 Mr. W. Goodfellow — Ornithological 



The young have the wing-coverts and tail edged with hroun, 

 and the throat much lighter than the adult birds. 



217. MiLVULUs TYRANNUs (Linn.). 



This is another bird exceedingly common throughout the 

 Cauca Valley, and is locally called " Tijeretta.''^ We first 

 met with it at an altitude of about 5000 feet on the 

 western side of the Andes on the road to Call. We never 

 saw it anywhere south of Popayan, and nowhere at all 

 in Ecuador. It always settled on the topmost twigs of 

 the hedges, low trees, or bushes, and perhaps still more 

 generally low down near the ground on any plants growing 

 in the meadows. It fed exclusively on insects, chiefly on 

 the small moths which were so abundant among the grass. 

 When we were leaving Popayan in June, I noticed that the 

 birds were beginning to collect in flocks, and flew at a great 

 altitude in the air. 



Fam. PiPRiD^. 



218. Masius chrysopterus (Lafr.). 



Two ^^, 1 ? . Baeza. This species is confined to the 

 eastern side of the Eastern Andes, and did not appear to be 

 so numerous as M. coronulatus of the Western Andes. In 

 March we found it in pairs, frequenting the lower and 

 thicker vegetation. It utters continuously a sharp note 

 resembling the sound produced by two pebbles knocked 

 together. The legs, feet, and mandible are dark red. 



219. Masius coronulatus Scl. 



Pour (Js, 2 (Jsjr., 2 ? s. Canzacota, Gualea, and Intag, 

 Western Andes. Legs and feet dark red. 



220. PlPRA FILICAUDA Spix. 



Two males from Archidona, Eastern Ecuador. Both were 

 met with alone in the clearings around the Indian huts^ 

 going from bush to bush with a low jerky flight. 



221. PiPRA AURICAPILLA Licllt. 



One male from the Coca River, Upper Rio Napo, in June. 



222. PiPRA ISIDORI (Scl,). 



One male and one female from Baeza, Eastern Ecuador. 



