2 NEW SPECIES OF J^OTINGA. 



of same immediately iu front of eye. Length (skin) G.80, wing 4.35, 

 tail 2.85, exposed culmen .50, tarsus .80. 



In addition to the points of distinction from C. amahilis noted above, 

 are the following: (1) The general tone of the blue color is slightly but 

 very appreciably more green throughout; ('2) the feathers of the ])ileum 

 are decidedly coarser and less blended ; (3) the greenish or bluish edg- 

 ings on wings are rather narrower. 



There is apparently some resemblance to C. cincta (Bodd.) from Bra- 

 zil, but the latter is said to closely resemble C. cayana in having the 

 upper parts black, spotted with bluish or greenish (only the tips of the 

 feathers being of tbe latter color), and in having the inner webs of the 

 primaries broadly edged with white, neither G. ridgicayi nor G. amahilis 

 having a trace of white edging to the totally black inner webs of the 

 primaries. Unfortunately, I am not able to make a direct comparison 

 with G. cincta. (See plate.) 



A "Bogota" specimen in the National Museum collection (No. 78138) 

 agrees in all essential characters with the type, thus considerably ex- 

 tending the range of the new species. It formed part of a lot of 

 "Bogota" birds, and has the unmistakable "make" characterizing 

 specimens sent from that locality. 



The new species was found in the same woods with Garpodectes an- 

 tonice, both being birds of the western tierra caliente, and representing 

 on the Pacific side the eastern Cotinga amahilis and Garpodectes nitidus. 



