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Fam. PsoPHiiDiE. 



544. PsoPHiA NAPENSis Scl. & Salv. 



A pair from the Napo, where they are numerous and great 

 favourites with the Indians, as they become remarkably 

 tame and affectionate, and often accompany them in their 

 hunting expeditions, when they follow quite as well as a dog. 

 I reared a pair of small chicks, and they reached England 

 in safety. Only those who have kept these birds in captivity, 

 and had them always with them, as I had in South America, 

 can believe how interesting they are. The young have grey 

 legs, and it is only after they are about nine months old that 

 these become green. The flesh is hard and tasteless. Three 

 Indian tribes, otherwise speaking different languages, called 

 these Trumpeters " Yacami." At night they resort to trees 

 to sleep, roosting as high up as possible. 



Fam. P A R R I D jE. 



545. Parra jacana (Linn.). 

 A male from the Napo, 



Fam. Thinocorid^. 



546. Attagis chimborazensis Scl. 



Met with on Pichincha, at altitudes between 13,000 and 

 15,000 feet right up to the snow. They are now scarce 

 on this mountain, but we found them rather plentiful at 

 certain places on the Eastern Andes. They do not afford 

 much sport in shooting. The legs and feet are almost of an 

 olive-green shade. Local name " Cordoniz.^^ 



Fam. ScoLOPACiDiE. 



547. Gallinago jamesoni (Bp,). 



Two males and a female from Pichincha. This fine Snipe 

 used at one time to be common on the eastern side of the 

 volcano. They are not always found there now, owing to the 

 manner in which they are persecuted all the year round. 

 Our specimens were shot on the swampy grass-land around 

 .the little village of Lloa, 11,500 feet altitude. In November 

 we came across a nest containing two eggs. 



