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male is celebrated for his song, and the Cuencans often pay as much 

 as 4 or 5 dollars for specimens in confinement." Stomachs contain 

 Indian corn, small seeds, and grit. 



There has been much confusion among the birds allied to the 

 Sturnus militaris of Linnaeus. Prince Bonaparte in his 'Conspectus' 

 has rightly distinguished three species, but has, as I believe, partly 

 misapplied the names and given wrong localities. The true Stur- 

 nella militaris is well characterized by him as much the largest and 

 longest billed bird. There are numerous specimens of this species 

 in the British Museum from East Falkland and Patagonia. It has 

 the under wing-coverts white. The present smaller species, with 

 the under wing-coverts, also white, was first recognized by De Filippi, 

 and appears also to be Cabanis' brevirostris. One specimen in the 

 British Museum is from Delattre's expedition in 1846 to Peru and 

 New Granada. The third species is easily recognized by its black 

 under-wings. Two specimens in the British Museum are said to be 

 from Chili. If this is so, this species is more likely to be the Stur- 

 nus loyca of Molina. 



40. Cyanocorax violaceus. DuBus, Esq. Orn. pi. 30 ; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 153. 



3 et $ similes. Gualaquiza and Zamora. "A shy but noisy bird, 

 cawing like a crow in the large trees in the deep forest. On a female 

 being shot from a Guarumba tree, where a pair were in company 

 with some Bugglas (Ostinops wistata), the male flew several times 

 close round my head. The gizzard contained seeds and vegetable 

 matter." 



41. Dendrornis ? J. 



Gualaquiza. " Runs up and down the limbs of the large trees 

 like a Woodpecker." 



42. Anabates ruficaudus, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. pt. 2. 

 p. 15 ; Sclater in P. Z. S. 1856, p. 26. 



Gualaquiza. " Irides dark hazel ; bill blackish above, greenish 

 beneath. Among the large trees in the deep forest, running up and 

 down the limbs like a Woodpecker. Gizzard contained insects." 



43. Anabates ? 



Gualaquiza, J . " Sometimes running up the bark of the trees 

 in the forest, at other times perching." 



Allied to A. atricapillus, Max., from Brazil, but probably distinct. 

 Only a single specimen sent. 



44. Synallaxis ai.bigularis, Sclater, P. Z.S. 1858, p. 63. 



Zamora, S • Irides light hazel. Contents of the stomach — cater- 

 pillars, beetles, &c. "Always heard, but seldom seen, creeping about 

 in the very thickest bush close to the ground, and repeating its note 

 of chink, chink." 



