60 Mr. W. Goodfellow — Ornithological 



253. Synallaxis pudica Scl. 



One male, from San Nicolas^ West Eeuador, shot on an 

 ants' nest. 



254. Synallaxis gularis Lafr. 



Three c?s, 2 ? s, from the western side of Corazon, at 

 about 10,000 feet. 



255. Synallaxis puliginosa Lafr. 



Three c?s, 3 $ s. Santo Domingo and Gualea. These birds 

 were numerous at the former place, in the clearing among 

 the rotten tree-trunks. By knocking an ants' nest to pieces, 

 we managed to attract many of them and other kindred 

 species. The colour seems to vary with age. 



256. Synallaxis erythrops Scl. 



Four J's, 4 ? s, from Intag, Gualea, and San Nicolas, 

 West Ecuador. 



257. Synallaxis flammulata Jard. 



One male and one female from Pichiucha, 11,500 feet. 

 The female appears to have a much shorter wing than the 

 male, and the bright yellow spot on the base of the lower 

 mandible of a much paler shade. 



258. Thripophaga guttuligi^ra Scl. 



Two cJs from Papallacta, Eastern Andes, 11,500 feet. 



259. PsEUDOcoLAPTEs BoissoNEAUTi (Lafr,). 



Two (Js, 4 ? s, 2 c^ jr. Pichincha, Corazon, and Valle dc 

 Viciosa. Common on both sides of Ecuador at altitudes of 

 between 12,000 and 14,500 feet. They frequent both stony 

 ground and the '^ paramo "" grass region. At night they 

 retire to holes in the banks or " quebradas," or under tufts 

 of grass. They have a particularly mournful note, which 

 they utter incessantly in the early morning, even before the 

 break of day, and again in the evening until it is quite dark : 

 while this cry, heard all over the high regions of Ecuador, 

 became associated in our minds with frost and snow. They 

 were very tame, and would allow us to approach within a 

 few yards of them. I think that this must be the bird which 

 Sir Martin Conway mentions in his book on the Bolivian 



