De Benedicti 1964 (199) 3 March Playas, Guayas Prov., Ecuador grey. Short "pick" call note + high "pizs biz" or "fizz fizz fizz-bizz" or "biz bew" song, variable, very bragg like the song of the specimen, given from perch. Sporophila ?intermedia (22) Seedeater: pattern like ?, slate color green but head [illegible]. White wing patch (= 2 white wing bars), and white tail tip. Bill short, stubby, black. ?. ? brown with some face pattern + streaky back. Looks yellowish in flight. Call note "plink" metallic. elaborate song given in flight (only?). Last ? I saw had a velocity black [illegible], but may have overlooked it on the others. Seen only on the coast, as the above. Smaller than above. Suspect it's more widespread. SSSS Sporophila belasco (23) ? Grassquit. Blue black, uniform except for brown mottled pale grey belly and breast band. Long, pointed bill ?, Only one seen, at the Hotel Humboldt at Playas. Size of the above. Volatula jacarini (24) Parrotlet: 6-8" long. Short blue (dull) tail, grey back, rest green (dull grass). Head big and the facial feathers conceal the bill like a barn owl. Seen at both coastal stops, mostly at the hotel. A whine-like, melodious song. (25) Parrotlet - slightly larger: turquoise-green head, bright (not shiny), dulle belly: brownish green back + wing coverts, tail and outer primaries deep blue, inner primaries purplish. Short, small yellow, prominent parrot bill. At 2nd coastal stop only and song like