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huge impostor. I think we all had certainly scores of these little ground- 

 ghosts within fifteen to twenty feet, and not one-tenth of them gave us so 

 much as a fleeting glance at them. 



Grallaria's note can always be closely imitated by a whistle. The call 

 of the common Compra pan, whose name is the Spanish literation of his 

 call, has a very 'quaily' quality when heard near at hand. Three drawled 

 notes — ^A, F, G, the first and second three tones apart, and the last between. 

 We came to recognize this as an exact marker of the lower line of the second 

 life-zone, beginning at about 4,500 feet. This species goes up almost to the 

 upper limit of trees, and adheres closely to the cloud forest. I never heard 



COMPRA PAN (Grallaria ruficapiUa) 



