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5. Cotinga cayana. 



Ampelis cayana, Linn. S. N. i. p. 298; Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 764; 

 Burin. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 429 ; Cab. et Hein. Mm. Hein. ii. p. 106. 



Cotinga de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 024. 



Cotinga cayana, Bp. Consp. i. p. 175 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 256 ; Pelz. 

 Orn. Bras. p. 133 ; Set. et Salt). P. Z. S. 1866, p. 191 (R. Ucayali), 

 1807, p. 580 (L. Amazons), p. 751 (E. Peru), p. 978 (Amazonia), 

 1873, p. 285 (E. Peru), et 1879, p. 018 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. 

 p. 59 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 384 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 305 (Brit. 

 Guiana). 



Ampelis cayennensis, cVOrb. Voy., Ois. p. 297 (Bolivia). 



Above bright shining blue, showing black central spots on some 

 feathers ; wings and tail black, the former more or less edged with 

 blue : beneath blue as above : whole throat deep reddish purple ; 

 inner webs of secondaries edged with white ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 8 inches, wing 4-6, tail 3-2. Female. Above dark 

 greyish, with black centres to the feathers ; wings and tail black, 

 with rufous edgings : beneath paler, belly more or less edged with 

 rufous ; under wing-coverts and inner edgings of wing- and tail- 

 feathers rufous. 



Hah. Guiana, Cayenne, and Amazonia to Eastern Ecuador. 



a, b. S jr- ; c. $ 



ad. st. 

 d, e. <J 2 ad.; 



/. 6 jr. sk. 

 g, h. S 2 ad. sk. 

 i. c? ad. sk. 

 j. $ ad. sk. 



k. cJ ad. sk. 

 I. c? ad. sk. 

 m, n. $ ad. sk. 

 o. 2 ad. sk. 

 p, q. (S ad. sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 



South America. 



Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana 



(IVhitely). 

 Cayenne. 

 Cayenne. 

 Chyavetas, Eastern Peru 



(Bartlett). 

 Eastern Peru. 



Sarayacu, Ecuador (Bi/ckley). 

 Napo, Ecuador (Buckley). 

 S. America. 

 S. America. 

 S. America. 



Purchased. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 

 Sclater Coll. 



6. Cotinga nattereri. 



Ampelis nattererii, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 2. 

 Cotinga nattereri, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 152. 



Similar to C. cayana, but with an abdominal spot, and with the 

 throat -feathers striped with black (Boiss.). 



Hah. Bogota. 



I have only females and young of the Bogota bird before me. 

 These cannot be distinguished from C. cayana. But the adult 

 male, if correctly described by Boissoneau, must be different. 



a. 3 jr. ; b. 2 ad. 

 c. 2 ad. sk. 



Bogota. 



liuiri'ta. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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