714 Mr. W. Goodfellow — Ornithological 



side, otherwise they do not vary. Bill^ legs^ and feet coral- 

 red. 



245. Ampelio cinctus (Tsch,). 



Two cjs, 1 ?, from Santo Domingo. Iris pale yellow. 

 This species is more solitary in its habits than the pre- 

 ceding. It also frequents higher trees, and as it is more 

 difficult to get at it appears to be less numerous. It does 

 not frequent a higher altitude than 1500 feet. 



246. Heliochera rubrocristata (Lafr. & D'Orb.). 



A large series from both Western and Eastern Ecuador at 

 altitudes between 10,000 and 12,000 feet. The birds frequent 

 bushes and low trees in flocks of about a dozen, feeding 

 entirely on berries. Although they were numerous on 

 Pichincha we never secured a female there, and only two 

 at Papallacta, where they were still more plentiful. Iris 

 scarlet. 



247. CoTiNGA MAYNANA (Linn.). 



Two males from the Upper Napo. They mostly frequent 

 the trees along the river-banks. They appear to be not at 

 all common on this river, for all the Indian tribes prize 

 their bright plumage highly for ornamenting their persons 

 and weapons, and for this reason relentlessly pursue them. 



248. Gymnoderus FCETiDUs*. (Plate XIV.) 

 Gymnoderus fcetidus (Linn.) : Scl. Cat. B. xiv. p. 59. 



A single male from the Eio Coca, Upper Napo. It was 

 shot in a large tree on the banks of the river, where it was 

 feeding in the company of various kinds of Toucans. The 

 naked skin on the neck was of such beautiful colours, 

 ranging from bright cobalt-blue to pure white, and hung in 

 such curious folds, that Mr. Hamilton thought it best to 



* [As has beeu already stated (Bull. B. 0. C. x. p. lix), Sclater was 

 so struck by the strange appearance of this specimen that at first he 

 thought it must belong to a new species. But after examining all other 

 available sldns, it was found that some of them presented an intermediate 

 appearance, and he finally came to the conclusion that the present example 

 was merely a fully adult male of G. fcetidus. The Plate has been drawn 

 and coloured from Mr. Hamilton's slietch taken from the freshly-killed 

 bird. — Edd.1 



