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Fam. PsopHiiDiE. 
544. PsopHiA NAPENsis Scl. & Salv. 
A pair from tlie Napo, where they are uumerous and great 
favourites with the Indians, as they become remarkably 
tame and affectionate, and often accompany them in their 
hunting expeditions, when they follow quite as well as a dog. 
I reared a pair of small chicks, and they reached England 
in safety. Only those who have kept these birds in captivity, 
and had them always with them, as I had in South America, 
can believe how interesting they are. The young have grey 
legs, and it is only after they are about nine months old that 
these become green. The flesh is hard and tasteless. Three 
Indian tribes, otherwise speaking different languages, called 
these Trumpeters '' Yacami.^^ At night they resort to trees 
to sleep, roosting as high up as possible. 
Fam. P A R R I D ^. 
545. Parra jacana (Linn.). 
A male from the Napo. 
Fam. Thinocorid^. 
546. Attagis chimborazbnsis Scl. 
Met with on Pichincha, at altitudes between 13,000 and 
15,000 feet right up to the snow. They are now scarce 
on this mountain, but we found them rather plentiful at 
certain places on the Eastern Andes. They do not afford 
much sport in shooting. The legs and feet are almost of an 
olive-green shade. Local name " Cordoniz.^' 
Fam. ScoLOPAciD^. 
547. Gallinaqo jamesoni (Bp.). 
Two males and a female from Pichincha. This fine Snipe 
used at one time to be common on the eastern side of the 
volcano. They are not always found there now, owing to the 
manner in which they are persecuted all the year round. 
Our specimens were shot on the swampy grass-land around 
the little village of Lloa, 11,500 feet altitude. In November 
we came across a nest containing two eggs. 
