496 On neio Species of Birds from Western Ecuador. 



psitta. The tail of this genus is longer and more cuneiform 

 than in Caica, and the bill is more feeble. 



Pionopsitta was, by an oversight, omitted from our ' No- 

 mcnclator/ As far as I know them, the species that should 

 be included in it are the folloAving : — 



Pionopsitta pileata . . ex Brasilia. 



P. melanotis ex Bolivia. 



P. brachyura .... ex Amazonia et vEquat. 



P. amazonina .... ex Columbia. 



P. pyrrhops ex ^Equat. occ. 



Leucopternis occidentalis. 

 Supra saturate plumbeus fere unicolor : dorso postico et uro- 

 pygio albis, hoc plumbeo variegato : capite summo etnucha 

 albo vix intermixto : primariis plumbescenti-nigris, secun- 

 dariis albo terminatis et nigro obsolete transfasciatis, tec- 

 tricibus humeralibus albo punctatis : cauda alba, fascia 

 lata subterminali nigra, apice alba : subtus albus, genis et 

 colli lateribus fasciis minutis notatis : pagina inferiore 

 alarum alba : remigibus et secundariis intus nigro trans- 

 fasciatis, apicibus nigris : rostro et cera plumbeo-nigris, 

 pedibus flavis : long, tota 18"0, alse 14*0, caudse 8'0, ros- 

 tri a rictu 1*6, tarsi 3"0. 

 Hub. Rep. ^Equat. Occident. 



Obs. L. albicolli affinis sed capite summo plerumque plum- 

 beo nee albo, colore supra plumbcsceutiore et fascia caudali an- 

 gustiore distinguendus. 



The label giving the precise locality where this bird was 

 shot has unfortunately been lost ; but the liabitat of the species 

 may be assigned to the Province of Loxa or Puna Island, where 

 alone Villagomez collected. 



No species of this form has hitherto been noted from Ecua- 

 dor ; so that one might well have been expected from there. 

 Moreover, as the range of most of the species of this genus 

 is limited to circumscribed districts, it is not surprising to find 

 this bird diflFering from its more eastern ally*. 



* Since the above was in type Mr. Gumey's note (anteu, p. 473) re- 

 cording tlie existence of a specimen of L. albicoJUs from " Quito " in the 

 Norwich Museum has come before me. The bird I now describe is 

 doubtless the representative of L. alhicoUl'i in the western forests of the 



