1879.] BIRDS FROM ANTIOQUIA. 519 



205. AULIA RUFKSCENS (Scl.). 



Lipaur/us rufescens, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 296. 

 Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) 



A single immature specimen seems to be referable to this Central- 

 American form. 



206. Lipaugus holerythrus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. I860, 

 p. 211. 



Neche. 

 Food, insects. 



207. RupicoLA sanguinolenta, Gould ; Scl. et Salv. Ex. Orn. 

 p. 29, pi. xv. 



Concordia, Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Iris yellow. 



Eggs (no. 1 56) pale buff, spotted with various-sized spots of shades 

 from red-brown to pale lilac, chiefly at the larger end: axis 1-S5, 

 diam. T35. 



Mr. Salmon's skins of Rupicola belong to the form described by 

 Mr. Gould as R. sanguinolenta, though perhaps not quite so dark 

 as examples from Ecuador. Bogota skins (Mus. S.-G.) belong to 

 the lighter form, R. peruviana. 



The egg of Rupicola was obtained by Goudot in Colombia 1 , and 

 is figured by Des Murs in the ' Magasin de Zoologie,' 1843, Ois. pi. 

 37. M. Des Murs's figure agrees sufficiently well with Mr. Salmon's 

 specimens, which, however, are not so thickly spotted. 



Mr. Salmon thus describes his visit to the breeding-place of this 

 bird : — " I once went to see the breeding-place of the Cock-of-the- 

 Rock ; and a darker or wilder place I have never been in. Following 

 up a mountain-stream in the district of Frontino, the gorge became 

 gradually more enclosed and more rocky, till I arrived at the mouth 

 of a cave, with high rock on each side aud overshadowed by high 

 trees, into which the sun never penetrated. All was wet and dark, 

 and the only sound heard the rushing of the water over the rocks. 

 "We had hardly become accustomed to the gloom when a nest was 

 found, a dark bird stealing away from what appeared to be a lump 

 of mud upon the face of the rock. This upon examination proved to 

 be a nest of the ' Cock-of-the-Rock ' containing two eggs ; it was 

 built upon a projecting piece, the body being made of mud or clay, 

 then a few sticks, and on the top lined with green moss. It was 

 about five feet from the water. 1 did not see the male bird ; nor in- 

 deed have I hardly ever seen male and female birds together, though 

 I have seen both sexes in separate flocks." 



208. Pipreola riefferi (Boiss.) ; Scl. Ibis, 1878, p. 166. 

 Retiro, Medellin, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Stomach contained fruit. 



Eggs (no. 43) pale salmon-colour, with a few dark red-brown spots: 

 axis 1, diam. -8. (See Plate XLIII. fig. 7.) 

 1 See Eev. Zool. 1843, p. 1. 



