222 Mr. W. GoodfeWow—Omitholoc/ical 



512. Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Vieill.). 



A male and a female from Quito. The former was shot 

 at the Santa Carolina marshes outside the town, and the 

 latter in the garden of the British Consulate. These birds are 

 by no means numerous in the immediate neighbourhood of 

 Quito, for if they put in an appearance they are at once shot, 

 as they steal the poultry. Local name " Gabilau de pollo.'^ 



513. AcciPiTER BicoLOR ( Vicill.) . 



A female from Santo Domingo. Bare skin around the eyes 

 yellowish red ; legs and feet light yellow. 



514. Falco fusco-c^rulescens (Vieill.). 



A male from about 12,000 feet on Antisana. Skin around 

 the eyes red ; legs and feet pale yellow. 



515. Falco albiqularis (Daud.). 



A male, shot in the forests at Santo Domingo, Cere 

 chrome-yellow ; legs and feet a little lighter. 



516. TiNNUNCULUS sPARVEBius (Linn.). 



Two males and two females from the neighbourhood of 

 Quito. Iris yellow ; cere yellow ; legs and feet dark yellow ; 

 claws black. 



517. Elanoides furcatus (Linn.). 



A male from Santo Domingo. Not rare there, but difficult 

 to shoot, as it either settles out of range on the tops of the 

 hiarhest trees or circles about over the forests. 



518. MiLVAGo CARUNCULATUS (Dcs Murs). 



Four males and a female from Pichincha and the Valle de 

 Viciosa. Common at the latter locality on wet grassy 

 ground. We often observed seven or eight feeding together. 

 Worms constitute the greater portion of their diet. They are 

 comparatively numerous on the Eastern Andes, where there 

 are more stretches of flat land, than on the Western Andes. 

 At some places they frequent the vicinity of human dwellings, 

 even roosting on the roofs. They were nesting in the Valle 

 de Viciosa in December. The colour of the bare skin ou 

 the face varies much in the males. In some birds it is dark 

 angry-looking red and light red, and in others light reddish 



