13 Mr. C. Chubb o?i Birds from [Ibis, 



Gorazon, western Ecuador, at an altitude of 13,000 feet, 

 differ from the type in having the dark pattern of the 

 feathers on the upper surface everywhere deeper black, 

 which stands out in bold relief on comparison. This differ- 

 ence may be due, however, to the higher altitude, as I notice 

 that the type was obtained by Eraser at Calacali at au 

 altitude of 8000 feet, and the co-type, also collected by 

 Eraser, came from Puellaro, at an altitude of 6500 feet. 

 The rufoiis and black markings on the wings are also more 

 conspicuous in the birds from the higher altitude. 



Nestling with the feathers on the Avings, upper back, and 

 sides ■ of the breast black, fringed laterally with white, 

 and barred and tipped with ochreous brown on the back, 

 scapulars, tail, and innermost secondaries ; upper wing- 

 coverts edged with rufous ; flight-quills brown barred, or 

 mottled with rufous, or buflFy-white ; sides of the breast 

 black with whitish margins to the feathers and slightly 

 tinged with rufous ; the feathers on the sides of the body 

 are pale rufous marked with dark brown near the tips ; 

 head and underparts covered with down which is for the 

 most part drab- white tinged with rufous and, on the head 

 and hind-neck, profusely marked with black or dark brown ; 

 the down on the hind-neck has long black hair-like tips. 

 Iris brown ; feet flesh-colour ; bill, upper mandible brown, 

 lower mandible pale yellow at the base. This specimen, with 

 two others, was collected at Pichincha, western Ecuador, at an 

 altitude of 1300 feet, in Eebruary 1915 by W. Goodfellow, 

 and presented to the British Museum by Mr. E. J. Brook. 



Nothoprocta ornata. 



Rhf/nchotus ornatus Gray, List of the Birds in the 

 British Museum, Galling, 1867, p. 102 : Bolivia. 



Nothoprocta ornata Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. 

 1895, p. 557, pi. xvii. 



No. 3175. cJ . Lake PampaAullagas, Bolivia, 3900 metres, 

 17 Oct. 1901. 



Simons states that he found this bird '* in sandy bushy 

 places." 



