373 COTINGID-E. 



Euchlorornis melanolsema, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 103. 

 Ampelia viridis, Tsch. Faun. Per., Aws, p. 135 (?). 

 Pipreola viridis, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 540 (C. Peru) (?). 

 Pipreola viridis intermedia, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 377 (?). 



Above bright greeu ; head black ; wings and tail blackish, edged 

 with green ; outer secondaries tipped with white : beneath green, 

 whole of throat and fore-neck black, bordered beneath by a narrow 

 yellow band; middle of belly and tlammulations on each side 

 bright j ellow ; under wing-coverts white, tinged with yellow ; bill 

 and feet pale yellow ; tip of tail-feathers whitish : whole length 

 7 inches, wing 3-6, tail 3 - 2. Female similar, but head and throat 

 green like the back. 



Hub. Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. 



This form is only distinguishable from P. riefferi by the black 

 head and throat of the male, and the slight whitish ends to the 

 tail-feathers, and is thus intermediate between P. riefferi and 

 P. viridis. 



a. J ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela {Goeriny). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. cj ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela {Goeriny). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c,d. (f $ ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



e,f. <$ $ ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



g. <S ad. sk. Ckillanes, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



3. Pipreola viridis. 



Ampelis viridis, a" Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. p. 40; d'Orb. Voy., Ois. 



p. 298, t. xxx. fig. 2 ; Tsch. Faun. Per., Ares, p. 135. 

 Pipreola melanolasma, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 186; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 780 (S. Peru). 

 Pipreola viridis, Scl. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. ser. 2, xvii. p. 469; id. 



Ibis, 1878, pp. 166, 167; Scl.' et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. UlS 



(Bolivia). 



Similar to P. melanolcema, but with distinct white ends to the 

 rectrices. 



Hub. S. Peru and Bolivia. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Puuamarca, Peru {Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



b, c. cS ad. sk. Huasampilla, Peru ( Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 d, e. cJ5ad.sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 f,'j. 6 § ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



4. Pipreola formosa. 



Ainpulis formosa, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1849, pp. 275, 493, t. xiv. 

 Pyrrkorhynchus formosa, Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 177. 

 Euchlorornis formosa, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 103. 

 Pipreola formosa, Scl. Ann. §■ May. X. H. Ber. 2, xvii. p. 469; id. 



Ibis. 1878, pp. 166, 1W: Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 172, et 



1869, p. 252 ( Venezuela); iid. Nomencl. p. 58. 



Above bright green ; head black ; wings blackish, edged with 



