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279. XiPHOCOLAPTES PROMEROPIRHYNCHUS (LcsS.) . 



A male from the forests of Baeza^ East Ecuador. Shot on 

 an ants' nest in a tree. This bird has a curiously loud call- 

 note^ which can be heard a long distance off. 



280. Dendrornis erythropygia Scl. 

 Two males from Baeza, East Ecuador. 



281. Dendrornis punctigula Ridgw. 



Dendrornis jmnctigula Ridgw. Pr. U.S. N. Mas. xi. p. 544. 

 Three cJs, 3 ? s, from Nanegal, Intag, and Gualea, West 

 Ecuador. 



282. Dendrornis ocellata (Spix). 



A male from Archidona, East Ecuador. Bill whitish horn- 

 coloured at the tip and greyish horn- coloured at the base. 

 Shot on a banana-tree. 



283. PicoLAPTEs WARCEViEZi Cab. et Ilein. 

 Picolaptes warceviezi Scl. Cat. B. xv. p. 149. 



Five c? s, 3 ? s from Gualea, Tntag, and Santo Domingo, 

 Western Ecuador, and Baeza, Eastern Ecuador. In every 

 locality where we shot these birds we found them on the 

 trunks of fallen forest-trees. Doubtless they range to a 

 lower altitude on the Western than on the Eastern Andes. 



284. XiPHORHYNCHUS TROCHILIROSTRIS (Licht.). 



Two males from Santo Domingo, Western Ecuador. Bill 

 reddish chrome-coloured. 



285. XiPHORHYNCHUS PUCHERANI Lafp. 



One male from Guanacillo, Western Ecuador, shot on 

 the trunk of a banana-tree. Its stomach contained small 

 weevils, which are common in the soft rotting parts of these 

 trees. 



Family Formicariid^. 



286. Thamnophilus melanurus Gould. 



One female from Archidona, Eastern Ecuador. 



287. Thamnophilus leuconotus Spix. 



Two males from the headwaters of the Rio Napo. One 



