Species of Birds from Western Ecuador. 495 
stricte albo marginatis: secudariorum trium internorum 
pogoniis externis plaga magna albida notatis: ventre 
pallidissime flavo, hypochondriis nigro maculatis: rostro 
et pedibus plumbeis: long. tota 7:0, alee 3°3, caudee 2°2, 
rostri a rictu 1:0, tarsi 0°85. 
Hab. “Santa Rita,” rep. Aquat. 
The collection contains but a single specimen of this re- 
markable species, of which the sex, unfortunately, is not 
marked. ‘The prevailing rich black colour of the plumage 
suggests perhaps an alliance with C. maculicoronatus, in 
which the female has the whole throat and chest black, as in 
the present bird. This would lead one to suppose that this 
specimen is a female; but the colour of the head is perhaps 
opposed to this view. The point cannot be settled until more 
specimens have been examined. 
PIONOPSITTA PYRRHOPS. 
Prasina, facie (oculorum ambitu incluso), humeris, tectricibus 
subalaribus minoribus et macula ventrali coccineis: ver- 
tice antico, regione parotica, et tectricibus auricularibus 
aureo vix tinctis, vertice postico ceruleo lavato: primariis 
extus et caude apicibus purpurascenti-ceruleis: rostro 
pallido, pedibus plumbeis: long. tota 9:0, alee 5°6, caude 
3°5, tarsi 0'5. 
Hab. “Santa Rita” et “San Lucas,” rep. Aiquat. 
Obs. P. amazonine (Des Murs, Icon. Orn. t. 15) affinis sed 
colore coccineo capitis superioris fronti restricto et caude 
basi viridi nec rubra distinguendus. 
There are two specimens of this pretty species in the col- 
lection. It is evidently a close ally of P. amazonina, but 
separable by the characters pointed out above. In addition 
to these the lores are rather deeper red, and not tinged with 
yellow, as is the case with the allied bird. P. amazonina, 
too, has the green of the upper breast and sides of the neck 
rather more tinged with yellow. 
P. amazonina was placed by Mr. Sclater and myself in the 
genus Caica in our ‘Nomenclator Av. Neotr.;’ but a reex- 
amination of this species with that now described, and with 
recently acquired specimens of P. melanotis (Latr.), has con- 
yinced me that its proper position is in the genus Piono- 

