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Fam. Strigid^e. 



505. Strix flammea Linn, 



Two males from Quito. One is quite young. It was 

 taken from a church tower and brought to me alive. It 

 is fully fledged, but thickly covered with down on the head 

 and about the tarsi. The facial frill is much darker than in 

 the adult male, as is likewise the dark spot in front of the 

 eye; the former extends more or less around the eye. 



Fam. BuBONiD^. 



506. Pholeoptynx cunicularia (MoL), 



A pair from a " quebrada " near Quito, where the birds 

 live in holes in the cliffs. 



507. Glaucidium jardinii (Cab.). 



Seven males and four females from the vicinity of Quito. 

 Common in many of the " quebradas," where it may be seen 

 sitting about the holes in the rocky faces of the cliffs during 

 the day. 



Fam. FALCONiDiE. 



508. Circus maculosus (Vieill.). 



A male from Pedregal, 12,000 feet, and a female from 

 Corazon, about 13,000 feet. The stomach of one individual 

 contained the remains of a fair-sized lizard. 



509. ASTURINA MAGNIROSTRIS (Gm.). 



A male from Popayan, Colombia. Frequents the trees 

 around the fields, and preys chiefly on Pigeons, Cere and 

 skin around the eyes chrome-yellow. 



510. BuTEo LATissiMus (Kaup), 



Two males from the forests of Archidona and a female 

 from the summit of the high forest-covered Guacamayo range, 

 which has to be crossed in descending to the Napo forests 

 after leaving Baeza. The female was feeding on one of the 

 enormous earthworms common in those parts. Iris yellow. 



511. Tachytriorchis ALBiCAUDATUs (Kaup) . 



Two males from Pichincha and Corazon, about 12,000 feet. 



