P. De Benedictis 1964 3 March Plagas, Grayas Prov., Ecuador. Sits on low perch or runs around on the ground. Flies when flushed. Saw at Hotel Humboldt only. Crazy bird. [illegible] has a dull orange rump. (37) "? Tanager" small black bird > (slim). Black beady eye, long tail + neck (stretched out looking) grey with shy (duck) black wings and tail. Once in Acacia trees at Hotel Humboldt. ? Blue-gray tanager. black bird size, shy. Thraupis episcopis (38) "wren" "short" bill, white belly, longish rufous tail, brown back + wings, latter with rufous patch in primaries. White face with black streak from bill to ear (through eye). A necklace of short streaks on the breast. Common at 2nd coastal stop. Found a dowed nest in a "cereus" cactus, 6 ft off the ground. Song a short wren song. Synallaxis (40) "small flycatcher". Rufous crown, brown back pale belly, 2 wing bars, more long tail. Shuttles in the bushes. Chatters loudly like a kingbird (West). saw one with feathers on the face. A "furnariad" ?. Lovel little devil, only at 2nd coastal stop. "gray macaw" 3 flying over calling at last stop. Big. long pointed tail. ? Ruddy Ground Dove on road near Guayaquil on the way back. Will refer to these by # if they are seen again. no number means I didn't see it well. Water birds