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3. Arnpelion arcuatus. 



Arnpelis arcuata, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 98. 

 Pyrrhorhynchus arcuatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 177. 

 Anipelion arcuatus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 152 (Bogota), 1858, 



p. 553 (Riobamba), et 1860, p. 89 (Ecuador). 

 Ampelio arcuatus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 255 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 781 (Venezuela), 1879, p. 618 (Bolivia); iid. Nomencl. p. 58; 



Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 540 (C. Peru), 1882. p. 24 (N.E. Peru) ; id. 



Orn. Per. ii. p. 379 ; Tacz. et Berl, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 93 (Ecuador). 



Above deep green, head black ; wings and tail black, edged with 

 green and tipped with white : secondaries and their coverts with 

 clear yellowish spots on their outer webs ; some of the upper tail- 

 coverts with black cross bands : beneath yellow, with regular black 

 cross bands, throat and breast black like the head ; under wing- 

 coverts cross-banded like the belly ; bill and feet orange-yellow : 

 whole length 8*5 inches, wing 4*7, tail 3 - 6. Female similar, but 

 head green like the back, and throat yellowish with black cross- 

 hars. 



Hab. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



The orange bill of both sexes and strongly barred lower plumage 

 distinguish this fine species amongst its congeners. 



a, b. tf J ad. st. Bogota. Purchased. 



c, d. cS 2 ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. c? ad. sk. Bogota. bclater Coll. 



/. $ ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



y. d ad. ; h. cj Colombia. Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



jr. sk. 



i. cS ad. sk. Iutac, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



j. 2 ad- sk. Matos, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



k, (Jad.sk. Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



l,m. cJ 2 a< i- - s k. Quito, Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 



n, o. cJ 2 ad- sk. Tilotilo,Yungas, Bolivia (Buck- Salviu-Godman Coll. 



. **)■ 



p. 3 ad.sk. r lilotilo,"i ungas, Bolivia (Buck- Sclater Coll. 



ley). 



4. Ampelion cinctus. 



Ampelis cinctus, Tsch. Wiegm. Arch. 1843, i. p. 385; id. Faun. Per., 



Aves, p. 136. 

 Ampelion cinctus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 152, pi. civ. (Bogota), 



et 1860, p. 89 (Pallatanga) ; Scl. et Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 520 



(Antioquia). 

 Ampelio cinctus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 255; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 58; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 380; Tacz. et Berl. P.Z.S. 1885, pp. 118, 



123 (Ecuador). 

 Cotinga tschudii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 279. 



Above green, with round black shaft-spots : cap black ; front and 

 line round the nape yellow; wings blackisl < itl 



