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securing them on tlie wing and returning to a branch to eat 

 them. It takes grasshoppers from the ground without 

 alighting. 



449. Prionorhynchus platyrhynchus (Leadb.). 



Three males and two females from Santo Domingo and 

 the Rio Coca, Western and Eastern Ecuador. This Motmot 

 we always found in the depths of the forest. I can see no dif- 

 ference between examples from the eastern and western sides. 



Fam. AlcediniDjE. 



450. Ceryle torquata (Linn.). 



Although this large Kingfisher was very common on the 

 Lower Napo, for some reason or another we only shot a 

 female. We did not once observe it so high up as the 

 Coca. 



451. Ceryle amazona (Lath.). 



A female from the Suno, Upper Napo. A pair of these 

 Kingfishers had a nest near the mouth of the Coca in June. 

 One night the river suddenly rose and overflowed its banks, 

 when doubtless the birds perished, for we did not see them 

 again. 



452. Ceryle cabanisi (Tsch.). 



A male from Santo Domingo. Shot on a tree near the 

 edge of the forest, about 200 yards away from the stream. 



Fam. TROGONiDiE. 



453. Trogon collaris Vieill. 



Four males from Gualea and Nanegal, Western Ecuador. 



454. Trogon personatus Gould. 



A large series of males and females from both the Eastern 

 and Western Andes at altitudes of from 9000 to 11,500 feet. 

 Common at Papallacta in February. We found them only 

 on the western side of the Western Andes and on the eastern 

 side of the Eastern ranges ; none of the Trogons are found 

 on the central plateau of Ecuador. Probably this species 

 has the highest range of all those found in that country. 



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