285 
ex. 2279 contained seeds, and grasshoppers and other insects ; of 
2317, seeds and vegetable matter,” 
II. Scansores. 
83. PIAYA NIGRICRISSA. 
Piaya mehleri, Sclater, P. Z. 8. passim, nec Bp. 
Three examples. I have hitherto considered the New-Granadian 
and Peruvian form of Piaya as referable to P. mehleri of Prince 
Bonaparte. Having lately been able to examine his type in the 
Leyden Museum, I find that the locality given to it must have been 
wrong, for the bird in question is the species of the Mexican tierra 
caliente and Guatemala, which I have lately named Piaya thermo- 
phila (PB. Z. 8. 1859, p. 368). The species of Piaya allied to P. 
eayana in my collection are the following :— 
(1) Piaya macrura (Gambel, Journ. Acad. Philad. i. p- 215.—P. 
circe, Bp. Consp. i. p- 110), ex Guiana. 
(2) Piaya cayana, ex Cayenna et ins. S. Trinit. 
(3) Piaya nigricrissa, mihi, ex Nov. Granada, rep. Equat. et 
Peruy. 
(4) Piaya mehleri, Bp. (Consp. p. 110, mexicana, olim, et ther- 
mophila, nuper, Sclater), ex reipubl. Mexicane reg. calida et Guate- 
mala. 
(5) Piaya mexicana, Sw. (Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p- 368), ex rep. 
Mexicana Oaxaca. 
84. Praya ruta (Vieill.): Bp. Consp. p. 110. 
Three examples. 
85. DieLoprerus nxvius (L.). 
Two ex., immature. 
86. Croropuaca Ant, Linn. 
One ex. ‘‘ Garapatero: irides hazel; bill, legs, and feet black. 
This is the only species of bird I have seen in Ecuador in anything 
like numbers: there must be thousands of them. They are ex- 
tremely common round the town and on the plains, in fact near every 
place where cattle feed. They are generally seen near the nose of 
the beasts, and occasionally fly up to capture insects. They do not 
perch on the cattle. When disturbed they fly (with three flaps of 
the wings, then a sail, and then flaps repeated) off to the nearest 
bush, where they sit huddled together in a heap.”’ 
87. CRoToPHAGA SULCIROSTRIS, Sw. 
Three examples, agreeing with the Central American and Mexican 
bird. ‘‘ Garapatero: from the deep bush among the underwood ; 
the note sounded to me very different from that of those on the plains” 
(probably C. ani). “ Stomachs contained insects and seeds.” 
