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and were, when I shot them, entirely covered with the pulp of the 
fruit ; so much so, that I only partly succeeded in cleansing them.” 
34. CALLISTE AURULENTA (Laf?.). 
Nanegal, four ex. 
35. CALLISTE LUNIGERA, Sclater. 
Nanegal, one ex. ‘Bill black ; legs and feet blue ; food vege- 
table matter and insects.” 
36. CALLISTE GYROLOIDES. 
Nanegal. Food “fruit and insects.” 
37. CALLISTE ICTEROCEPHALA (Bp.). 
Nanegal. ‘“Irides hazel; bill black; legs and feet blue; food 
green minute-seeded fruit.” 
38. Diva vassort, Sclater. 
Above Puellaro, April. ‘One ex. 2, with two eggs nearly per- 
fect in the ovary ; food vegetable matter.” 
39. CHLOROCHRYSA PHENICOTIS, Bp. 
Nanegal, one ex. ¢. “rides hazel; bill black; legs greenish ; 
feet nearly black ; in gizzard a spider and fruit.” 
40. EvpHoNIA NIGRICOLLIs (Vieill.). 
Perucho and Puellaro. ‘Found in pairs on the tall flowering stems 
of the Aloe (Agave americana) uttering a plaintive wee-wee in the 
heat of the day.” 
41. EupHoniA XANTHOGASTRA (Sund.). 
Nanegal, many ex. 
42. PHEUCTICUS CHRYSOGASTER (Less.). 
Calacali. Mr. Fraser evidently considers this bird as not different 
from P. aureiventris, for he says, “ Common also about Quito, where 
it breeds in May.”’ Now the examples from Riobamba, above Punin, 
&e. are referable to the black-headed P. aureiventris. 
43. PuryGiLus ALAUDINUS (Kittlitz). 
Calacali. ‘“‘ Not uncommon ; food small seeds and grubs ; lives 
entirely on the ground amongst the heather : when disturbed, takes 
an undulating flight for about 60 or 80 yards.” 
44. PHRYGILUS OCULARIS, Sclater. 
Calacali. ‘‘Food seeds: might be easily mistaken for the pre- 
ceding (P. alaudinus) at a distance, only it perches sometimes.” 
