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Fam. Strigid^. 
-f-505. Strix flammea Linn. 
Two males from Quito. One is quite young. It was 
taken from a cliurcli tower and brought to me alive. It 
is fully fledged^ but thickly covered with down on the head 
and about the tarsi. The facial frill is much darker than in 
the adult male^ as is likewise the dark spot in front of the 
eye; the former extends more or less around the eye. 
Fam. BuBONiD^. 
-1^506. Pholeoptynx cunicularia (Mol.). 
A pair from a ^'^ quebrada '■' near Quito, where the birds 
live in holes in the cliffs. 
— 507. Glaucidium jardinii (Cab.). 
Seven males and four females from the vicinity of Quito. 
Common in many of the '' quebradas," where it may be seen 
sitting about the holes in the rocky faces of the cliffs during 
the day. 
Fam. Falconid^. 
508. Circus maculosus (Vieill.). 
A male from Pedregal, 12^000 feet, and a female from 
Corazon, about 13,000 feet. The stomach of one individual 
contained the remains of a fair-sized lizard. 
509. ASTURINA MAGNIROSTRIS (Gm.). 
A male from Popayan, Colombia. Frequents the trees 
around the fields, and preys chiefly on Pigeons. Cere and 
skin around the eyes chrome-yellow. 
^510. BuTEo LATissiMUs (Kaup). 
Two males from the forests of Archidona and a female 
from the summit of the high forest-covered Guacamayo range, 
which has to be crossed in descending to the Napo forests 
after leaving Baeza. The female was feeding on one of the 
enormous earthworms common in those parts. Iris yellow. 
-rSll. Tachytriorchis ALBiCAUDATus (Kaup). 
Two males from Pichincha and Corazon, about 12,000 feet. 
