Species of Birds from Western Ecuador. 495 



stricte albo marginatis : secudarioriim trium internorum 

 pogoniis externis plaga magna albida notatis : ventre 

 pallidissime flavo, hypochondriis nigro maculatis : rostro 

 et pedibus plurabeis : long, tota 7"0, alae 3"3^ caudse 2"2, 

 rostri a rictu 1"0^ tarsi 0"85. 

 Hab. " Santa Rita/^ rep. ^quat. 



The collection contains but a single specimen of this re- 

 markable species, of which the sex, unfortunately, is not 

 marked. The prevailing rich black colour of the plumage 

 suggests perhaps an alliance with C. maculicoronatus, in 

 which the female has the whole throat and chest black, as in 

 the present bird . This would lead one to suppose that this 

 specimen is a female ; but the colour of the head is perhaps 

 opposed to this view. The point cannot be settled until more 

 specimens have been examined. 



PlONOPSITTA PYRRHOPS. 



Prasina, facie (oculorum ambitu incluso) , humeris, tectricibus 

 subalaribus minoribus et macula ventrali coccineis : ver- 

 tice antico, regione parotica, et tectricibus auricularibus 

 aureo vix tinctis, vertice postico cseruleo lavato : primariis 

 extus et caudse apicibus purpurascenti-caeruleis : rostro 

 pallido, pedibus plumbeis : long, tota 9'0, alae 5 "6, caudse 

 3*5, tarsi 0'5. 

 Hab. " Santa Rita " et " San Lucas,^^ rep. iEquat. 

 Obs. P. amazonin<B (Des Murs, Icon. Orn. t. 15) affinis sed 

 colore coccineo capitis superioris fronti restricto et caudse 

 basi viridi nee rubra distinguendus. 



There are two specimens of this pretty species in the col- 

 lection. It is evidently a close ally of P. amazonina, but 

 separable by the characters pointed out above. In addition 

 to these the lores are rather deeper red, and not tinged with 

 yellow, as is the case with the allied bird. P. amazonina, 

 too, has the green of the upper breast and sides of the neck 

 rather more tinged with yellow. 



P. amazonina was placed by Mr. Sclater and myself in the 

 genus Caica in our ' Nomenclator Av. Neotr. •' but a reex- 

 amination of this species with that now described, and with 

 recently acquired specimens of P. melanotis (Lafr.), has con- 

 vinced me that its proper position is in the genus Piono- 



