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De Benedetti
1964
March 5 Guayaquil, Guayas Prov., Ecuador
short stubby billed. ? puttin
never heard it sing or call
for certain. In the same
situation as th other seedeater-type finches. Very
pretty.
Sporophila aurita
47
Seedeaer - only saw this two or three times,
may be 1st year (juv.) of # 22. The back is brown, pale,
with a pale malus throught the wings in grey with a
white spot at the base of the primarics, the tail slant.
No song for this.
48
Hummingbird - straight red + black-tipped bill,
(back) + top of head green with a bluish iridescence,
a forked green gorget, white breast, buff sides, belly,
wings, tail + lower abdomen. large Fanmed, forked
tail. Saw about 4th these in exposed bushes
in the patches of shrubbery somewhat larger than
Eulypte annae.
49
? Ibis - brown body, greyish neck, straight, dull
pointed billed, orange (dull) with black tips. Black eyes.
Stretches neck when alarmed. Flies with a heavy,
short, stiff wing beat, the primarics wide open.
[illegible]
the neck out. Saw 3 of them. The
only Ciconiform bird for the area seen well today.
(palem sized)
50
small flycatcher. faintly streaked on back and
breast. Back brown, belly yellow, grey (ashy) head
t-brest; a pale superciliary and 2 & yellowish
wing bars. Tail forked or double rounded. Female