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erisso et rectricibus ad basin flavissimis : rostro plumbeo, apice 
albicante : pedibus nigris. 
Long. tota maris 10-0, alee 5°8, caude 4:0; foeminze 8°5, alee 4:4, 
caudee 3°3. 
Hab. In rep. Equator. 
Mus. P.L.S. 
Four examples. ‘‘Irides and bill blue: not shy; very noisy, in 
flocks among large trees in the deep bush: stomach contained seeds 
and insects.”’ 
31. Icr—ERUS MESOMELAS (Wagler). 
Many examples. “ Irides hazel: in the deep forest, and by no 
means shy.” 
32. SruRNELLA BELLICOSA, De Filippi. 
Two ex. ‘‘ Chirote: not uncommon in the plains, and apparently 
the same species as was observed in the corn-fields of Guaranda : 
stomach contained insects and seeds.”’ 
Rather smaller than the specimens noted (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 455) 
from Cuenca, but not otherwise different. 
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33. SCOLECOPHAGUS 
Two ex. of a species of this genus, said to be ‘common in com- 
pany with the Garapateros (Crotophaga), and the greatest favourite 
as a cage-bird in the country.” 
34. Furnarrus CINNAMoMEUS (Less.).— Picolaptes cinnamo- 
meus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 93.—Furnarius longirostris, v. Pel- 
zeln, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, xx. p. 158. 
Four ex. ‘‘ Oyero: irides pale yellow; base of lower mandible 
nearly white, remainder brown; legs and feet flesh-colour. Very 
common on the plains in the smaller trees and on the tops of the 
houses, and very noisy. They run, but do not hop. They are said 
to breed in communities, and build in trees, with a roundabout en- 
trance to the nest.” 
35. XIPHORHYNCHUS THORACICUS, Sp. nov. 
Brunneus: alis, uropygio, et cauda ferrugineo-rufis : gula sordide 
alba : dorsi superi capitis undique et pectoris plumis medialiter 
ochracescenti-albidis, hoc colore nigro anguste circumdato, 
plumarum marginibus externis brunneis: rostro rubescente : 
pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tota 10-0, ale 4:0, caudz 3:7, rostri a rictu ad apicem linea 
directa 2°7. 
Hab. In rep. Equat. 
Mus. P.L.S. 
One ex. “Trides hazel; bill brownish, paler at base of lower 
mandible ; legs and feet green: stomach contained insects. Shot 
running very actively up the trunk of a large tree in the deep forest.” 
