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while one went through his antics of running backwards and 

 forwards along the ledge with his hack arched, tail spread 

 out, and beak held down close to the ground. After doing 

 this several times he would throw Ids head back, and 

 spreading out his wings so that the tips touched the ground, 

 make several gyrations, ending by leaping into the air 

 and jerking his head forward much after the manner of a 

 Hoopoe. Sometimes two birds would do this together, and 

 when they leapt into the air facing each other they appeared 

 to strike each other with their feet. The ground where they 

 held these gatherings was worn quite bare and smooth. 



These birds are local, and are to be met with oidy at 

 certain places on the Pacific side, and not continuously 

 all along the heights at the same altitude. In life the bill, 

 legs, and feet are only a trifle lighter in colour than the 

 plumage. Local name " Gallo de las Peiias.^^ In January 

 1899 I sent a native to Milligalli to try and get me some 

 females, but he was unsuccessful, and brought me only a few 

 males in heavy moult. 



241. PiPREOLA RIEFFERI (BoisS.). 



One male from Mindo, West Ecuador. 



242. PiPREOLA JUCUNDA Scl. 



One male from Nanegal, West Ecuador. Shot in the 

 thickest part of the forest, as were all other members of this 

 genus we came across. 



243. PiPREOLA LUBOMIRSKII (TaCZ.). 



Pipreola lubomirskii Scl. Cat. B. xiv. p. 380. 



Four (J s and 2 ? s of this rare bird were obtained at Baeza, 

 East Ecuador. For four days in succession we shot a male 

 on the same tree and on the fifth day the two females. They 

 were feeding on a small black berry. 



244. Ampelio arcuatus Lafr. 



Five cJ s,4 ? s, 3 c? s jr., from Mindo, near In tag, and Gualea, 

 West Ecuador, and from Baeza, East Ecuador. This species 

 was fairly numerous among the lower growth of the forests 

 when certain berries were ripe. The two examples from 

 Baeza are shorter in the wing than those from the western 



