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1. Turdtjs gigas, Fraser. 



Titiacun and Matos. " Common, rather a good songster. Irides 

 red hazel, rim round the eye yellow. Bill red. Legs orange. Con- 

 tents of stomach dark purple fruit." Mr. Fraser has forwarded the 

 nest and two eggs of this Thrush, which are now in the British 

 Museum. The nest is made of stalks and grass, lined with fine hay. 

 The eggs appear rather small for the bird, measuring 1*3 by 1"0 

 inch. They are of the usual character of Turdus as regards colour, 

 being of a bluish green minutely freckled with pale red. 



2. Turdtjs chiguanco, Lafr. et D'Orb. 



Riobamba. " Common, but very shy. Seen on the ground in 

 swampy places. The stomach of one contained maggots, insects, 

 and a small tadpole." 



3. Anthus bogotensis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 109. pi. 101. 

 One specimen, a female. "There were two together running on 



the ground amongst the grass in the mountain. Irides dark hazel ; 

 base of lower mandible whitish ; remainder of bill black ; legs, feet, 

 and nails delicate flesh-colour. Contents of stomach insects." 



Anthus rufescens, Lafr. et D'Orb., is perhaps the same bird ; but 

 the specific name has been previously used in the genus. To esta- 

 blish the identity specimens must be compared. 



1. Troglodytes solstitialis, sp. nov. 



Saturate imirino-brunneus, alis et cauda intus nigricantibus, 

 extus dorso concoloribus, fasciis angustis transversis nigris di- 

 stincte notatis : striga postoculari et lateribus capitis cum 

 pectore antico dilute fulvis, gula albicantiore, regione auricu- 

 lari obscura : abdomine albido, hypochondriis et crisso nigro 

 subobsolete transfasciatis : rostro fusco, subtus albicante : pe- 

 dibus fuscescenti- carneis. 

 Long. tota3*9, alse 1*9, caudse 1*3, rostri a rictu "6, tarsi '8. 

 Matos and Pinipi, 2 ex. Irides dark hazel. 



This little Wren is just of the same form as Troglodytes furvus, 

 T. hornensis, and T. aedon, but is readily distinguishable by the ful- 

 vous colour of the breast. I can find no described species that 

 agrees with it. 



5. Cinnicerthia UNiBRUNNEA (Lafr.). — Limnornis unibrun- 

 nea, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 59. 



Matos, 2 ex. "Irides hazel ; bill, legs, and feet black. Contents 

 of stomach insects. From a flock of four or five, in the high bushes, 

 running up and down the trees and branches." One specimen has 

 the lower mandible yellow. 



6. Setophaga rtjficoronata, Kaup, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 49. 



Matos, 3 ex. Irides hazel ; legs, bill, and feet black. Contents 

 of stomach, insects. 



