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environs, and in the Chillo Valley they were common and 

 generally in flocks with the preceding species. 



Fam. I c T E R I D iE. 



145. Clypeicterus oserii Deville. 



One female only from the Upper Rio Napo, near the 

 mouth of the Coca, where this bird was not common. I had 

 two males brought to me by the Indians, but they had kept 

 them too long to be worth skinning. 



146. OcYALus wAGLERi (Gray & Mitch.). 



We shot a large series of examples of this bird at Santo 

 Domingo, Western Ecuador, where we found them not at all 

 rare. They frequented the banana-plantations and did great 

 damage to the ripe fruit. We also shot two in the depths of 

 the forest, but as a rule they live chiefly in the open clearings. 

 Some of their notes are very fine and liquid, and others are like 

 the sound of gurgling water. Their flight exactly resembles 

 that of a Toucan, and in the evening they assemble in flocks 

 and retire for the night to the high trees on the edge of the 

 forest. The whole of the bill is pale lemon-yellow. Iris 

 pale blue in the male, and greyer in the female. 



147. OsTINOPS CRISTATUS (Gm.). 



Six males but no females from the Coca, Upper Rio Napo, 

 where they were fairly numerous in small flocks. Wherever 

 we went the males of this genus always seemed more plentiful 

 than the females. Indian name, " Manga.'' 



148. OSTINOPS ANGUSTIFRONS (Spix). 



Two pairs, also from the Coca. Seen in couples and always 

 in the thick forests, whereas the other species seem to prefer 

 the river-banks. The bill is black, with the base and. tip 

 yellow. Iris sky-blue, and rim of the eyelids red. Indian 

 name, " Manga pana.'^ 



149. OsTINOPS DECUMANUS (Pall.). 



One male from the Coca. It had a large piece of the 

 base of the bill broken away, which damage had evidently 

 been sustained a long time previously. It was such a large 

 hole that it was wonderful how the bird had been able to 



