66 Ornitholoykal Journey through Colombia and Ecuador. 



is only with difficulty that the skull will pass through tlie 

 neck. The stomach of my specimen contained ants and 

 small beetles. 



306. CHAMiEZA NOBILIS Gould. 



A male from the Coca, shot on the ground among the 

 undergrowth of the forest. Iris bright red. 



307. Grallaria squamigkra Prevost. 



Two males, one of them immature, from the slopes of 

 Pichincha above Quito. The young male has the head and 

 back black and the tips of the feathers edged with light 

 reddish brown. The breast is speckled with black and brown, 

 which is much darker near the throat. 



308. Grallaria nuchalis (Scl.). 



A male from the western side of Pichincha, shot at an 

 altitude of about 9000 feet. 



309. Grallaria monticola Lafr. 



One adult male and two young, shot under the hedge- 

 rows on the outskirts of Quito. The young have the head 

 and back speckled with black and brown ; their breasts are 

 darker than in the adult bird and are marked down the centre 

 with black; gape yellovvish red. 



310. Grallaria ruficapilla Lafr. 



Two males from Intag and Mindo, West Ecuador. Iris 

 bright red. Like all other members of the genus, these birds 

 keep out of sight as much as possible utider the bushes and 

 thick undergrowth. In the early mornings and evenings 

 they may be met with in the more open parts. 



311. Grallaria hypoleuca Scl. 



Pour males, 1 female, from Pichincha and Papallacta, 

 Western and Eastern Ecuador, obtained at altitudes of 

 between 11,000 and 12,500 feet. This species we found 

 fi'cquenting the sides of the narrow watercourses on the 

 Eastern Andes. Iris reddish brown. 



312. Grallaria rufula Lafr. 



Tiirce males and 3 females from Pichincha and Papallacta 

 (from 11,000 to 1.2,000 feet). A female from the former 



