534 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [June 3, 



Celeus mentalis, Cassin (1860) ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 367. 



Picus loricatus et P. pholidotus, Sund. Pic. p. 87. 



" Remedios and Neche." 



" Iris dark." 



The male from Neche agrees with Cassin's plate (Journ. Phil. Ac. 

 v., pi. 52. figs. 1, 2), and shows the red throat. It appears, however, 

 that Reichenbach's name is the oldest for this species, which ranges 

 from Panama to Guayaquil. 



Fam. MomotidjE. 



329. Momotus ^EauATORiALis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 233. 



Envigado, Retiro, Concordia, Frontino. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) 



Iris red. 



Eggs (no. 135) glossy white: axis 1*55, diam. 1-22. 



Mr. Salmon's skins are of the large western form described by 

 Mr. Gould on specimens from Ecuador. 



" The nest of this bird is rather curious ; it is made by the bird 

 burrowing in a sandbank for about three feet, and then forming a 

 chamber about eighteen inches in diameter, where the eggs are de- 

 posited on the sand." — T. K. S. 



330. Urospatha martii (Spix) ; Salv. Att. Ac. Sc. Torino, iv. 

 p. 180 (1868); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 102. 



Remedios, Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Iris dark. Beetles in stomach. 



331. Prionirhynchus platyrhynchus (Leadb.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1857, p. 256. 



Remedios. (Mus. S.-G. and P. L. S.) 



Fam. Alcedinidje. 



332. Ceryle torquata (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Kiugf. pi. xxii. 

 Neche. 



Iris dark. 



333. Ceryle amazona (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Kingf. pi. xxiv. 

 Neche. 



334. Ceryle cabanisi (Tsch.); Sharpe, Kingf. pi. xxv. 

 Retiro, Concordia, Medellin. 



Fam. Trogonid^e. 



335. Trogon collaris, Vieill. ; Gould, Mon. Trog. ed. ii. pi. xiii. 



Concordia, Frontino, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Iris dark. 



Eggs (no 116) white: axis 1-1, diam. *9. 



" Lays two eggs in a hole of a tree."— T. K. S. 



