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223. PiPRA LEUCOCILLA Linii. 



Two males from Baeza. Both were shot in the forests, 



224. Mach^ropterus deliciosus Scl. 



Six ^ s ad., 2 (J s jr., 2 ? s. Gualea, Intag, and Mindo, 

 "West Ecuador. The young males differ from the females in 

 having reddish throats. Local name " Ala hueso." 



225. Chiromach^ris manacus (Linn.). 



Two c?s, 1 ? . Arehidona, East Ecuador. I saw a male 

 dancing around a female with its throat much distended, 

 but the only sound 1 could hear was a curious noise pro- 

 duced, I believe, by a rapid motion of the wings. Legs 

 and feet yellow, claws black. 



Fam, CoTiNGiD^. 



226. TiTYRA CAYANA (Linn.). 



\ S >'^ ? s. Rio Suno and Rio Coca, Upper Napo. In May 

 a pair of these birds had a nest at the mouth of the Suno 

 in a hole in a dead tree standing in the clearing and about 

 .'jO feet from the ground. They seemed to feed their young 

 entirely on beetles and large grubs. We shot the male bird 

 one day as he was going to the nest, but the next day 

 another male made its appearance and chased the female 

 about, ending by helping her to rear the young. After 

 two days we shot the female and took the nest of five young, 

 two of which we successfully reared. There was a remarkable 

 difference in the sizes of these young birds. Bare skin 

 around the eyes purplish red, base of bill the same colour, 

 tip black. 



227. TiTYRA SEMIFASCIATA (Spix). 



One (J , 1 ? . Coca, Upper Napo, Eastern Ecuador. 

 Bare skin around the eyes bluish red. Base of bill yellowish, 

 tip reddish grey. 



228. TiTYRA PERSONATA (Jard. et Selb.). 



One male from Santo Domingo, West Ecuador. Bare 

 skin round the eyes dark red, base of bill dark red with a 

 bluish tinge, tip of bill black. Iris deep yellow. Legs and 



