296 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 4, 



deep, and lays two beautifully polished white eggs, very much like 

 those of the Kingfisher in shape and appearance." — E. B. 



Fain. Cuculid,e. 

 The Cuculidse are mostly wanderers and widely distributed. Only 

 the Neomorphus pucherani can be regarded as a peculiar Amazonian 

 form, out of the eight species met with. 



1. Crotophaga major, Linn.; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195. 

 Lower Ucayali, and Santa Cruz, found in flocks along the banks 



of the rivers and lakes (E. B.). 



2. Crotophaga ani, Linn. ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 18(56, p. 195. 

 Nauta, Ucayali, and Santa Cruz, common throughout the country 



(E. B.). 



3. Piaya melanogastra, (Vieill.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 pp. 752, 758. 



Chyavetas and Chamicuros (E. B.). 



4. Piaya mehleri, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 758, 979. 



Piaya nigricrissa, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195. 

 Sarayacu and Chyavetas (E. B.) ; Pebas (H.). 



5. Piaya minuta, Vieill. ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195. 



Piaya rutila, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979. 



Sarayacu, rare in the country which I visited (E. B.) ; Pebas (#.). 



6. Coccyzus melanocoryphus, Vieill. ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1861, p. 195 ; 1867, pp. 752, 979. 



Upper and Lower Ucayali, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros (E. B.); 

 Pebas (#.). 



7. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wilson). 



Ucayali (Mauxwell; Mus. Brit.). See P. Z. S. 1870, p. 168. 



8. Neomorphus pucherani. 



Cultrides pucherani, Deville, Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 211 ; Des Murs, 

 Voy. Castelnau, Oiseaux, p. 18, pis. 6 & 7. 



A recent collection from Mr. Hauxwell (received by Mr. Janson, 

 his agent) contains an adult pair and a nestling of this fine species. 

 The sexes are exactly alike in plumage, and agree very fairly with 

 the figure in Castelnau's • Voyage.' The species is quite distinct from 

 N. rvfipennis, with which it was formerly believed to be identical. 

 It has a narrow pectoral stripe like N. geoffroyi and N. pucherani 

 (cf. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 60). 



Fam. RamphastidjE. 

 Eleven species of Toucans were obtained by Mr. E. Bartlett in 

 those parts of Upper Amazonia which he visited ; and it is probable 

 that one or two others occur within the district. 



