232 Ornithological Jour)i<y thruiyh Coluniia and Kcuadur. 



548. Tringa macula ta (Vieill.). 



A male and female from the marshes near Quito. 



549. Gambetta melanoleuca (Gm.). 



A male from the Santa Carolina marshes^ Quito. 



550. Gambetta flavipes (Gm.). 

 A female from the same locality. 



551. Helodromas solitarius (Wilson). 

 A. female from the marshes, Quito. 



552. Tringoides macularius (Linn). 



Four males and two females, from Santo Domingo and San 

 Nicolas. Common at both localities in October, as well as 

 on the banks of all the rivers and streams flowing down to 

 the Pacific. We also saw them running along the paths of 

 the small forest-clearings far from the vicinity of rivers. 



Fam. La R I D ^. 



553. Larus serranus (Tsch.). 



Two males from the small lakes near Cotopaxi, altitude 

 13,700 feet. Very numerous there, I believe, all the year 

 round. In December we saw as many as seventy or eighty on 

 a small pond in company with Qiierquedula cyanoptera and 

 Coots. One Gull was always circling in the air to keep 

 watch, and, when anyone approached, it gave the alarm to the 

 others,, which rose with loud screaniings. Sometimes, when 

 the weather is severe on the heights, they descend into the 

 Chillo Valley in large numbers. Local name " Palomitas.^' 



r'y [ Fam. T i n a m i d .e. 



554. NoTHOPROCTA CURVIROSTRIS. 



A male and two young from among the paramo grass on 

 Pichincha, at altitudes between 11,0C0 and 13,000 i'eet. 

 They are much scattered on this mountain, and we only came 

 across them singly or in pairs, for they are persecuted all 

 the year round by sportsmen and Indians from Quito. Some 

 of the latter get their li^ing by supplying them to the 

 restaurants in the town. They are still fairly plentiful on 



