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The following is copied from the description given of the 

 bird in the ' Bulletin ' of th3 B.O.C. :— 



" Saxicola cummingi. (Plate III.) 



" Adult. Closely allied to S. xanthoprymna H. & E.^ but 

 distinguished by having the basal part of the tail-feathers 

 rusty red like the upper tail-coverts^ instead of white. From 

 S. moesta to be at once distinguished by having the top 

 of the head and nape brownish grey like the back, the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts rusty, and the rufous on the outer 

 tail-feathers extending to within 0"7 inch of the extremity. 

 Total length 6'5 inches, culmen 0*78, wing 3*7, tail 2*45, 

 tarsus 0'95. 



'' Hab. Fao, Persian Gulf {W. D. Camming)." 



IV. — Rt suits of an Ornithological Journey through Colombia 

 and Ecuador. — Part IV. By Walter Goodfellow, 

 F.Z.S. 



[Continued from ' Tlielbis,' 1901, p. 715.] 



Family DENDROCOLAPTIDiE. 



250. Upucerthia excelsior (Scl.). 



Four J s, 2 ? s, from Pichiucha, Pedregal, and Corazon. 

 Met with singly in lonely situations, at altitudes of about 

 13,000 feet, on stony or lava-covered ground. The stomachs 

 contained small beetles and other insects. 



251. Leptasthenura andicola (Scl.). 



Three c? s, 2 ^ s, from the Volcan de Pichincha, 14,500 feet, 

 and the Mojanda Pass, North Ecuador, at a similar altitude. 

 These birds fly close along the top of the "paramo" grass, 

 settling on any plant that will bear their weight. At night 

 they retire under the tufts of grass or into the crevices of 

 rocks to sleep. The stomachs contained moths, beetles, and 

 seeds. 



252. Synallaxis frontalis elegantior. 

 Synallaxis elegantior Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 151. 

 Synallaxis frontalis Scl. Cat. Birds, xv. p. 39. 

 Two (J s, 1 ? . Gualea, West Ecuador. 



