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(7) Atlapetes, Aug. 4, 1959, I was disturbed by our approach, however, the presumed Bush-tanagers segregated out. Later in the afternoon, I saw a Chiricol in the same bush as the presumed Bush-tanagers, but I don't know if this was anything more than coincidence or not. Atlapetes I August 5, 1959 Cerro Pichincha [[red mark]] = rufinucha [[image]] [[labels]] crown not always raised orange chestnut blackish gray black bright yellow flecks fading out to yellowish-grayish-white [[/labels]] This afternoon, on Puhincha, in the humid paramo zone, in a hedge along a road side (i.e. in vegetation which may really be characteristic of the upper humid temperate zone) I came across a small group of at least 3 birds of new species of Chlorospingus or Atlapetes or something very similar. Moving about quite like the "Chlorospingus" I saw yesterday also relatively silent; although one of the birds probably uttered a few soft, rather buzzy, single "Dzuht" Notes as it moved through the bushes (it
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