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462. Galbula chalcothorax Scl. 
Two males and a female from the forests near the Coca. 
A yonng 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. 
f- 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. BuccoNiD^. 
464. BUCCO RADIATUS Scl. 
A male from Santo Domingo. Shot on the dead branch 
of a tree at the edge o£ 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. 
