NATURAL HISTORY OF QUITO. 623 
as those of the camel; leg bones, jaw and teeth of a deer; re- 
mains of an unknown ruminant; and a small, hollow bone resem- 
bling the tibia of a bird. We are surprised at the absence of 
hollow-horned Ruminants, Rodents and Edentates which abounded 
in the Pleistocene of the Atlantic side. ‘‘ Undoubtedly [says Dar- 
win], the climate of the Cordilleras must have been different when 
the mastodon inhabited it.” We think, however, the great pachy- 
derm would have had little difficulty in thriving at the present day 
at Quito, on the score of temperature or altitude. But the vege- 
tation is hardly sufficient. . 
BIRDS. 
The avi-fauna is better known; and the following catalogue 
is believed to be nearly complete. It does not include all the 
emerge and other residents may be added from Loja which 
has not been thoroughly explored. Introduced species, as geese 
and ni are of course omitted. Those marked (*) were not 
obtained by the writer but are added on good authority ; such as 
are considered restricted to the valley are indicated by a dagger 
(t). The further known range of the migratory ones is also added. 
Turdide 
“Turdus s gigas Fras.— New Granada. 
sc pigaan Lafr. — Peru. 
* Swainsoni Cab. — From “ine Pere, 
Hydrobatide: 
Cinclus reer Scl.—New Grenada. 
Troglodytid 
p Thry othorus Basi aa t a 
lodytes solstitialis Sch ee ce slope? 
t ientacres wquatoria =i Law 
t Cinnicerthia peo thr. 
aka vg —New Granada. 
Pteroptochid æ: 
Triptorhinus orthonyx Lafr.—New Gra- 
[nada. 
Mniotiltidæ: 
Mniotilta varia Linn. — United veer <4 to 
eru, 
Basileuterus nigricapillus Lafr.— Bolivia. 
y iien a Tsch. — Peru. 
Setophaga rufico Kaup.— New Gra- 
nada. 
Dendroica Blackburnie Gm. -— United 
[States to Peru. 
Hirundinide 
soe Petrochelidon murina Cass 
oyanpienes, Vieill .— Bolivia, 
(Chili, Brazil, Paraguay. 
Coerebidæ: 
ty ae: aterrima Lafr.— New Granada. 
humeralis Fras. — New Gra nada. 
i Boiss.—New Granada, 
“ _ personata Fras.— New Granad 
is Lafr.— New Gran 
piap e Eens ia Dl .— New prenei A 
ae Sel. 
Dacnis pu 
+* Oreo ab sa ig oe: 
+ Se Fra: 
Tan 
panegra Darwini Bp. —Pern. 
Pyranga æstiva Gm.— Canada to equator. 
Calliste atricapilla Lafr.— New Granada, 
Venezuela. 
Dubusia teniata Boiss. — New Granada, 
i idatate dubusia Bp. — New kiagoan 
Psittospiza Riefferi Boiss. — New Granada, 
(Peru, 
Buarremon assimilis Boiss.--New Granada. 
eer ine Du Bus. — Peru. 
* pallidinuchus Boiss .—New Gra- 
schistaceus Boiss.— New Beng 
leucopterus Jard. —Nan: PA eg 
Buthraupis E Edwardsii Ell.—New Granada. 
cullata Jard.—New Granada. 
tT cuioteanta Sel. 
Sillescesiiene atripileus Lafr. — New Gra- 
[nada. 
zs superciliaris Lat — New 
Granada. 
s canigularis Lafr. — tae 9 
ada. 
Chiorochrysa calliparaea "m “a ew Gra- 
ada, Peru, 
t E cyanoptera C 
EEN Sard 
y mptuosa Less. — Peru, V: 
[ezu els, 
iE pA, 
victo w Granada. 
hie via oe ae New 
Euphonia nigricollis Viei, = New Gra- 
(nada, Venezuela, Brazil. 
t Pæcilothraupis atricrissa Cab. 
lunulata Du Bus.—N 
(Granada, Para. 
Fringillidz: 
Catamblyrhynchus diadema Lafr.— New 
(Granada, 
Catamenia avaloid : 
a homochroa Sc! 
* Chrysomitris icterica Lic! kii 
geg Magellanicus Vieill.---United 
[States? South America. 
