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279. XiPHOCOLAPTES PROMEROPIRHYNCHUS (LcsS.) . 
A male from the forests of Baeza^ East Ecuador. Shot on 
an ants^ nest in a tree. This bird has a curiously loud call- 
note, which can be heard a long distance off. 
-^280. Dendrornis erythropygia Scl. 
Two males from Baeza, East Ecuador. 
-/-281. Dendrornis punctigula Ridgw. 
Dendrornis punctigula Ridgw. Pr. U.S. N. Mus. xi. p. 544. 
Three d" s, 3 $ s, from Nanegal, Intag, and Gualea, West 
Ecuador. 
282. Dendrornis ocellata (Spix). 
A male from Archidona, East Ecuador. Bill whitish horn- 
coloured at the tip and greyish horn- coloured at the base. 
Shot on a banana-tree. 
283. Picolaptes warceviezi Cab. et Ilein. 
Picolaptes warceviezi Scl. Cat. B. xv. p. 149. 
Five (^ s, 3 $ s from Gualea, Tntag, and Santo Domingo, 
Western Ecuador, and Baeza, Eastern Ecuador. In every 
locality M^here we shot these birds we found them on the 
trunks of fallen forest-trees. Doubtless they range to a 
lower altitude on the Western than on the Eastern Andes. 
-f- 284. XiPHORHYNCHUS TROCHILIROSTRIS (Licht.). 
Two males from Santo Domingo, Western Ecuador. Bill 
reddish chrome-coloured. 
285. XiPHORHYNCHUS PUCHERANI Lafp. 
One male from Guanacillo, Western Ecuador, shot on 
the trunk of a banana-tree. Its stomach contained small 
weevils, which are common in the soft rotting parts of these 
trees. 
Family FoRMicARiiDiE. 
286. Thamnophilus melanurus Gould. 
One female from Archidona, Eastern Ecuador. 
287. Thamnophilus leuconotus Spix. 
Two males from the headwaters of the Rio Napo. One 
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