216 Mr. W. GoodfeWov^—Ornitholuffical 
the Indians slaughtered them by the hundred, and at certain 
seasons organized expeditions especially for killing them. 
I have seen them return from these expeditions with many 
hundreds of smoked Toucans, which they keep to eat out 
of the fruit season, when game is scarce. When the fruit is 
ripe on certain forest trees, the Indian lads are sent to make 
a temporary dwelling under the branches, and they take up 
their abode there while the fruit lasts, each boy selecting a 
tree to himself. With their silent blowpipes they pick off all 
birds that come there to feed. Considering this wholesale 
slaughter, it is a wonder that this Toucan and many other 
birds have not long ago become extinct, in the Napo region 
at any rate. The Indians use the feathers for decorating their 
weapons and persons, while from the bills they carve quaint 
necklaces. The bare skin around the eyes is shaded Oxford 
blue. Indian name " Dumbiqui.''^ When we were on the 
Napo we only met this Toucan singly or in pairs. 
477. Pteroglossus pluuicinctus Gould. 
One male from the Coca Hiver. Iris cream-coloured ; skin 
around the eyes dark red ; legs and feet olive-green. 
478. Pteroglossus castanotis (Gould). 
A male and two females from Archidona and the Coca. 
In each case the bills vary very much in size and colour. 
Iris grey; skin round the eyes cream-coloured. 
-j- 479. Pteroglossus erythropygius Gould. 
Five males and two females from Santo Domingo appear 
to belong to this species, which is common in the banana- 
plantations around the huts, sometimes in small flocks, but 
more often singly. This is the only Toucan which I have 
observed to settle on the ground in a wild state. Pupil 
dark green; iris yellow; eyelids blue; bare skin round the 
eyes crimson ; legs and feet dark green. The bill is creamy 
white (pale stone-colour), shading into red at its base, while 
the tip is red ; slaty black shews along the cutting-edge, and 
some specimens have a dark line down the centre. Two of 
the birds are changing the wing- and tail-feathers from 
brown to dark dull green. 
