The four species of this genus of Cotingas known to us may be arranged as follows : — 



A. Species rostro debiliore : gula et loris cum capite toto nigris. 



a. inters capulio brunneo. 



1. Ampelion cucullattts. 



Procnias cucullata, Sw. Zool. 111. i. t. 37 : Ampelis cucullatus, Temm. PL Col. 363 : Ampelion cucullatus, 

 Cab. in Tsch. E. P. p. 137 : Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 432 : Ampelio cucullatus, Cab. & Hein. Mus. 

 Hein. ii. p. 104 : Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 255 : Carpomis cucullata, Bp. Consp. p. 176. 



Hob. S. E. Brazil. 



b. interscapnlio viridi. 



a' rostro corallino, corpore subtiis distincte nigro transfasciato. 



2. Ampelion akottattts, tab. lxxxvi. p. 171. 



Sab. Ecuador : New Granada. 



b' rostro nigro, corpore subtus fasciis indistinctis notata. 



3. Ampelion melanocephalits. 



Ampelis melanocephalus, Max. Eeise i. p. 168 et Beitr. iii. p. 401 : Procnias melanocephalus, Sw. Zool. 111. 

 i. t. 25 : Ampelion melanocephalus, Cab. in Tsch. E. P. p. 137 : Burm. Syst. ITeb. ii. p. 432 : Ampelio 

 melanoceplalus. Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 104 : Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 255 : Carpomis 

 melanocephala, Bp. Consp. p. 176. 



Sab. "Wood-region of S. E. Brazil. 



B. Species rostro fortiore : gula et loris fiavidis : pileo nigerrimo. 



4. Ampelion cinctus. 



Ampelis cinctus, Tsch. Wiegm. Arch. 1843, p. 385, et E. P. p. 136 : Cotinga tschudii, Gray, Gen. Birds, i. 



p. 279: Ampelion cinctus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1855, p. 152, pi. 104, et I860, p. 89: Ampelio cinctus, Scl. Cat. 



Am. Birds, p. 255 : Ampelioides flavitorques, Verr. Nouv. Arch, de Mus. iii. Bull. p. 5, pi. 2, fig. 1. 

 Hab. Eastern Peru (Tsch.) : Ecuador (Fraser) : New Granada (Mus. P. L. $.). 



April, 1869. 



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