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Panza, several ex. ‘‘ Solitario blanco: very common throughout 
the Paramo ; irides hazel ; bill, legs, and feet black.’ 
27. OcrHo#CA FUMICOLOR, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 28. 
Panza, one ex. 
28. ELAINIA STICTOPTERA, Sclater, P. Z.S. 1858, p. 554. 
Lloa, one ex. 
29. Nycripromus ——? 
Panza. A young bird captured on the ground by the hand. “TIrides 
hazel.” 
30. Nycrrsrus PECTORALIS, Gould. 
Western slope of the Andes. 
31. OREOTROCHILUS CHIMBORAZO. 
Panza, many ex. “TIrides hazel; bill, legs, and feet black. To be 
seen occasionally on the Arbor maria, but feeds generally on a red 
thistle. It is common, and by no means shy, and has rather a pretty 
song for a Quindi, oft repeated, and to be heard at a considerable 
distance. In bad weather, when the wind is high, this bird is said 
to creep under and into the clumps of Paja (a species of Stipa).” 
32. OREOTROCHILUS PICHINCHA. 
Guagua and Rueo Pichincha (14,000 feet alt.), many ex. ‘The 
Pichincha Humming-bird, like the Chimborazo, is found only close 
under the line of perpetual snow; but this species, according to the 
present state of our knowledge, is more widely distributed than the 
latter, being found not only on Pichincha, but also on Antisana and 
Cotopaxi. Upon my first visit to Guagua Pichincha these birds were 
feeding entirely on the ground, hunting the little moss-covered clumps 
as fast as the snow melted. They are not uncommon in this lo- 
cality, but always met with singly. They are very restless, but not 
shy, seldom remaining on one clump more than a second, then away 
to another, perhaps a yard distant. Sometimes they would take a 
rapid flight of 40 or 50 yards. On my second visit, the Chuquiragua 
(Chuquiraga insignis, Humb.) being in flower, they were feeding 
from it like the Quindi of Chimborazo, but still occasionally hunted 
the mossy clumps. They flit with a durr of the wings, and occasion- 
ally settle, with the feathers all ruffled, on the top of the Chuquira- 
gua or other small plant. In this respect, so far as my observations 
and those of Professor Jameson go, they differ from O. chimborazo. 
Professor Jameson found this species building hanging nests, in the 
lower compartment of the farm-house on Antisana.” 
Mr. Fraser has sent home one of these nests as found by Professor 
Jameson on the 2nd November, 1858. It was attached to a straw 
