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Andes, into the valley of the Cauca. This was ascended, 
and, passing through Popayan, Messrs. Goodfellow and 
Hamilton had entered the Republic of Ecuador at Tulcan, 
proceeding thence to Quito, where a lengthened stay was 
made. From Quito excursions were effected to Pichincha, 
and to the low country on the Pacific coast near Santo 
Domingo. Leaving Quito on March 1st last year, Messrs. 
Goodfellow and Hamilton crossed the Andes to the upper 
waters of the Napo, and descended that river in canoes to 
Yquitos on the Amazons, in Peru, whence the journey home 
was effected by steamer. 
Mr. Goodfellow was preparing an account of the birds 
collected during this remarkable journey for ‘ The Ibis. 5 In 
the meanwhile Mr. Sclater called attention to two noticeable 
specimens. One of these was an example of a male 
Fruit-Crow (Gymnoderus foetidus) in fully adult plumage. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited a coloured drawing, taken from the 
fresh specimen by Mr. Hamilton, of the head of this bird, 
showing the extraordinary development of the pale blue 
wattles of the neck, which had never been correctly repre¬ 
sented or described, and were so different in appearance from 
ordinary specimens of this bird that Mr. Sclater had, at first, 
been inclined to regard the Ecuador bird as a distinct species. 
The second bird exhibited was an example of the little-known 
Mgiadestes cor acinus Berlepsch, from the forests of the Upper 
Napo. 
No. LXXI. (April 30th, 1900). 
The seventieth Meeting of the Club was held at the 
Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 
25th of April, 1900. Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 
Forty Members and thirteen guests were present. 
Mr. W. E. D. Scott described the following apparently 
new or hitherto undetected species of birds from South 
America. Some of these birds had been procured by 
