155 

 eye-marks. "Common in Books about the bouses as well a> in the 



fields: small seeds in stomach. " Spanish name, ' Ttiguero* 



31. CoTURNICULUS PERUANUS, lip. Consp. |». 181. 



Gualaquiza. " Sexes alike ; frequents the piles of brushwood near 

 the houses, running in and out. Xivaro name, ' Pineko-chtHehL' " 

 Irides light hazel. Gizzard contains seed and insects. 



A distinct species from C. mardmbe, easily recognized by its yellow 



lores and flexure. 



32. Catamenia ANALoiDEs(Lafr.) ; Bp. Consp. p. 493. 



Cuenca. Gizzard contained seeds. Among the hushes on the 

 hanks of the river. 



33. Oryzoborus torridus (Gm.) ; Cab. Mas. Hein. p. 151 6 • 

 Zamora. Sings very prettily. In the gizzard, yellow vegetable 



matter. 



34. Si'ermophila luctuosa (Lafr.) ; Bp. Consp. p. -197 . 



On the bushes and dead fence near the house, Gualaquiza ami 

 Zamora. In the gizzard, seeds. 



35. Chrysomitris ? 



Cuenca. From a flock of the same species among trees and 

 bushes. Gizzard contains small seeds and grit. 



36. Sycalis ? 



Cuenca. 



37. Ostinops cristata (Gm.) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 187 $ • 

 Gualaquiza, Dec. 1857- 



Irides light blue, bill lemon-colour; legs and feet black. "This 

 bird perches himself on the bare topmost branches of the loftiest 

 tree, and throwing himself far forwards and backwards, with wings 

 and tail fully extended, gives forth his very loud and distinct notes 

 of " Buggle, buggle, (niggle/ 9 with his head hanging down. Tiny 

 live in society, and construct hanging nests, attached to the lower 

 branches of a lofty palm, the trunk of which i^ cum red with \.-r\ 

 sharp spines, which render it impossible to ascend. Now inhabiting 

 their nests as if breeding. The gizzard contained small grasshoppers. 

 Xivaro name, 'Cl^uri■, , Spanish, ' 7^/yy/a*.' 



38. CACICUS ICTEKONOTIS, Yieill. 



Gualaquiza. "Feeding, like the Tanagers, in a Guarumbo tree. 

 Very wary." 



:<!». SrntNKi.i.A bkllicosa, De Filippi, Cat. Mfas. Mediol. I'. •■-' 

 (1846). — Petite* brevirostru, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 191. 



Cuenca, — ' Chirote,' 6" et 9- "Thiaspedes is alway- solitary, 

 perching in small trees ami bushes: it is rerj squat in form. The 



