,'582 COTINGID.'E. 



rufous ; bill scarlet ; feet orange -yellowish : whole length 7 inches, 

 wing 3-6, tail 2-7. Female. Above olive-green ; superciliaries and 

 sides of neck washed with golden ; wings and tail blackish, with 

 golden-green margins : beneath pale yellow, covered with numerous 

 dark green shaft-stripes : crissum yellowish. 



Hah. Interior of British Guiana. 



This is quite a distinct form, remarkable for its coral-red bill and 

 bright scarlet pectoral band. 



a, b. 3 ad. ; c. 2 Mt. Twek-quey, Carimang r., Salvin-Godman Coll. 1 



ad.sk. Brit. Guiana {Whitely). \ 



d. 2 a d- sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. ) 



( Whitely). (Types of the species.) 



16. COTINGA. „ 



Type. 



Cotinga, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 339 (1760) C. eserulea. 



Porpkyrolsema, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 5 (1854) C. porphyrolsema. 

 Hylocbsmia, Sund. Ao. Meth. Tent. p. 62 (1872) . . C. eserulea. 



In Cotinga, the seven or eight known species of which are distri- 

 buted over the tropical forests of America from Guatemala to Brazil, 

 the splendid decoration bestowed upon this family of birds reaches 

 its acme. The green of the last two genera is here replaced by the 

 most gorgeous tints of blue and purple in the male sex, while the 

 females have retired into dresses of various shades of brown. In 

 external structure the chief peculiarity exhibited by Cotinga is the 

 greater or less acumination of the outer primaries. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Throat and belly purple-red. 



a. Without any breast-band 1 . carulea, p. 382. 



b. With a blue breast-band. 



a'. Breast-band and flanks dark blue .... 2. cincta, p. 383. 

 b '. Breast-band and flanks light blue : 



I upper tail-coverts long, covering tail 3. amabilis, p. 384. 



< upper tail-coverts short, not covering 



( tail 4. ridgwayi, p. 384. 



B. Throat purple-red ; belly blue. 



c. Belly dark blue ; throat-patch larger : 



j without a black belly-patch 5. cay ana, p. 385. 



| with a black belly-patch 6. nattereri, p. 385. 



d. Belly light blue ; throat-patch smaller . . 7. maynana, p. 386. 



C. Throat purple-red ; belly white 8. porphyrolcema, p. 386. 



1. Cotinga caerulea. 



Ampelis cotinga, Linn. S. N. i. p. 298 ; Burin. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 430 ; 



Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 105. 

 Le Cotinga, Daub. PI. Enl. 186. 

 Ampelis casrulea, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 760 ; id. Gal. Ois. i. p. 183, 



pi. 116 ; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 693. 

 Cotinga eoelestis, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 46 (1841) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 175. 



