222 Mr. W. GoodMlow— Ornithological 
512. Geranoaetus melanoleucus (VieilL). 
A male and a female from Quito. The former was shot 
at the Santa Carolina marshes outside the town, and the 
latter in the garden of the British Consulate. These birds are 
by no means numerous in the immediate neighbourhood of 
Quito, for if they put in an appearance they are at once shot, 
as they steal the poultry. Local name '^ Gabilan de polio. ^' 
•^513. AcciPiTER BicoLOR (VieilL). 
A female from Santo Domingo. Bare skin around the eyes 
yellowish red ; legs and feet light yellow. 
-i-514. Falco fusco-c^rulescens (VieilL). 
A male from about 12^000 feet on Antisana. Skin around 
the eyes red ; legs and feet pale yellow. 
-V515. Falco albigularis (Daud.). 
A male, shot in the forests at Santo Domingo. Cere 
chrome-yellow ; legs and feet a little lighter. . 
-4 516. TiNNUNCULUs sparverius (Linn.). 
Two males and two females from the neighbourhood of 
Quito. Iris yellow ; cere yellow ; legs and feet dark yellow ; 
claws black. 
-517. Elanoides eurcatus (Linn.). 
A male from Santo Domingo. Not rare there, but difficult 
to shoot, as it either settles out of range on the tops of the 
highest trees or circles about over the forests. 
518. MiLVAGO cARUNCULATUs (Dcs Murs) . 
Four males and a female from Pichincha and the Valle de 
Viciosa. Common at the latter locality on wet grassy 
ground. We often observed seven or eight feeding together. 
Worms constitute the greater portion of their diet. They are 
comparatively numerous on the Eastern Andes, where there 
are more stretches of flat land, than on the Western Andes. 
At some places they frequent the vicinity of human dwellings, 
even roosting on the roofs. They were nesting in the Valle 
de Viciosa in December. The colour of the bare skin on 
the face varies much in the males. In some birds it is dark 
angry-looking red and light red, and in others light reddish 
