24 Mr. C. Chubb on Birds from [Ibis, 



observed that Tschudi had mixed these two forms up iu 

 addition to the wrong coloration of the face. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, in the Catalogue of the Birds in the 

 British Museum, xxii. p. 521, made all three synonymous 

 with C. goudotii, describing them as variations due to age. 



After reading Taczanowski's statements in reference to 

 C. rujiventris (Tschudi), it appears doubtful as to whetlier it 

 is a valid species or not, and must remain as such until there 

 is sufficient material to reveal the facts. In the meantime 

 Taczanowski's name, C, tschudii, must be used. 



There is a specimen in the National Collection that 

 Taczanowski examined when making the observations re- 

 ferred to above, which is almost identical with Tschudi's 

 description and figure, save that it is said to have had a blue 

 face, not red. 



There is, however, a red-faced bird Avhicli was collected by 

 Mr. W. Goodfellow at Mindo, western Ecuador, and which 

 I have described as a new species by reason of its much 

 smaller size and deeper coloration. 



Chamaepetes fagani. (Plate I.) 



ChamcBjjetes Jagani Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxviii. 

 30 Oct. 1917, p. 4. 



Adult female. General colour above, including the head, 

 back, wings, and tail, dark bottle-green with bronzy retiections; 

 the lesser upper wing-coverts iiave the margins slightly 

 paler, the inner webs of the flight-quills darker and inclining 

 to blackish, some of the long upper tail-coverts inclining to 

 brown, as are also the tips of some of the tail-feathers; the 

 sides of the hinder face dusky brown; the throat which is 

 sparsely feathered is also dusky brown, the feathers have 

 black shafts which terminate in hair-like tips; the fore-neck 

 dark bottle-green with slightly paler margins to the feathers; 

 the breast and abdomen chestnut, darker on the flanks and 

 thighs and inclining to chocolate-brown on the under tail- 

 coverts; the under wing-coverts bronze-green; under surface 

 of flight-quills dusky brown with glossy reflections; the lower 



