228 Mr. W. Goodfellow — Ornithological 
of the traveller for a mile or more. They build their nests 
on the lower branches of acacia-trees^ but I saw one in an 
exposed situation on the spreading top of the giant flower- 
stalk of an aloe. The base of the bill is cream-coloured, but 
two males shot in the nesting-season had it dull red. Feet 
flesh-coloured. 
~r-530. Peristera cinerea (Temm.). 
Tw^o males and a female from Santo Domingo. Not com- 
mon there, and met with in pairs running about the footpaths 
in the clearing. When disturbed they skulk in the grass 
until a person is close to them, then rise suddenly with a 
swift zigzag flight. Beak greyish green^ with yellowish tip ; 
iris red; feet flesh-coloured. 
531. OSCULATIA SAPPHIRINA (Bp.). 
A male from the Rio Sano, Upper Napo, and another in 
nestling-feathers, not sexed, from the Coca in June. Shot 
in the forests, 
532. OscuLATiA PURPUREA (Salviu). 
Near Santo Domingo we shot one of these beautiful and 
rave Pigeons, and a negro brought me a much-damaged 
female, with an egg inside ready to belaid, but broken. We 
often heard the curious loud note, but seldom saw the birds, 
for they were always in the tops of the highest trees in the 
dense parts of the forest. I think that this is the most 
difficult bird to skin which I have ever come across ; its skin 
is quite as tender as the worst of the Trogons. 
533. Geotrygon bourcieri (Bp.). 
A male shot in the forests below Baeza near the Rio 
Cosanga. It was the only one we actually saw, but several 
times the Indians drew our attention to the loud mournful 
note on our way down through the forests. " Chiniplaya/' 
the Indians called the birds in the Quichua tongue. 
Fam. CRAciDiE. 
534. Penelope ortoni (Salv.). 
A male and female from Santo Domingo, where they were 
