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462. Galbula chalcothorax Scl. 



Two males and a female from the forests near the Coca. 

 A young male resembles the female, except that it has the 

 under tail-coverts edged with white, like the adult male, 

 and not with fawn. I think that we shot all our specimens 

 on bees' nests. 



463. Jacamerops grandis (Gm.). 



We shot three males and a female of this handsome 

 Jacamar near the Coca in June. We met with them only 

 in the forests, where they. sit silently on the branches, taking 

 their prey on the wing and returning to the same spot. 

 After they were shot a sticky fluid like honey ran copiously 

 from their beaks. Local name " Quinde rayo " (the Beam- 

 of-light Humming-bird). 



Fam. BucconidjE. 



464. BUCCO RADIATUS Scl. 



A male from Santo Domingo. Shot on the dead branch 

 of a tree at the edge of the forest, where it sat perfectly 

 motionless, after the usual manner of these birds. Its 

 stomach contained grasshoppers, beetles, and a small lizard. 

 Iris red. Rare. 



465. BuCCO MACRODACTYLUS (Spix). 



Two males from Archidona and the Coca respectively. 

 The birds come out at dusk and catch moths on the wing. 



466. Malacoptila fusca (Gm.). 



A female from Archidona. Frequents overgrown clearings. 

 Bill light yellow, with black line down the centre. Iris 

 yellow. 



467. Malacoptila castanea Verr. 



A male from the lower western side of Pichincha. 



468. MoNASA FLAViROSTRis (Strickl.). 



A pair from the Coca. Bill pale lemon-yellow. This 

 Soft-wing was muph rarer on the Napo than the two following 

 species. 



