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The following is copied from the description given of the 
bird in the ' Bulletin ' of the B.O.C. :— 
" Saxicola cummingi. (Plate III.) 
" Adult. Closely allied to S. xanthoprymna H. & E., but 
distinguished by having the basal part of the tail-feathers 
rusty red like the upper tail-coverts^ instead of white. From 
S. moRsta to be at once distinguished by having the top 
of the head and nape brownish grey like the back, the rump 
and upper tail-coverts rusty, and the rufous on the outer 
tail-feathers extending to within 0'7 inch of the extremity. 
Total length 6*5 inches, culmen 0*78, wing 3'7j tail 2*45, 
tarsus 0*95. 
'' Hab. Fao, Persian Gulf [W. D. Cumming).'' 
IV. — Results of an Ornithological Journey through Colombia 
and Ecuador. — Part IV. By Walter Goodfellow, 
F.Z.S. 
[Continued from ' The Ibis,' 1901, p. 715.] 
Family Dendrocolaptid^. 
250. Upucerthia excelsior (ScI.). 
Four Js, 2$s, from Pichiucha, Pedregal, and Corazon. 
Met with singly in lonely situations, at altitudes of about 
13,000 feet, on stony or lava-covered ground. The stomachs 
contained small beetles and other insects. 
251. Leptasthenura andicola (ScL). 
Three (^ s, 2 ^ s, from the Volcan de Pichincha, 14,500 feet, 
and the Mojanda Pass, North Ecuador, at a similar altitude. 
These birds fly close along the top of the "paramo" grass, 
settling on any plant that will bear their weight. At night 
they retire under the tufts of grass or into the crevices of 
rocks to sleep. The stomachs contained moths, beetles, and 
seeds. 
252. Synallaxis frontalis elegantior. 
Synallaccis elegantior Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 151. 
Synallaxis frontalis Scl. Cat. Birds, xv. p. 39. 
Two c? Sj 1 ? • Gualea, West Ecuador. 
