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Plate LXXXVI.
AMPELION ARCUATUS.
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Amp elis arcuafus
Pyrrhorhynckus arcuaius
Ampelion arcuatus
Ampelio arcuaius
(BANDED COTINGA).
L afr. Eev. Zool. 1843, p . 98.
Bp . Consp. p . 177.
Scl. P.Z.S . 1855. p. 1-52,1858, p . 553 e t 1860, p. f
Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 255.
V irid is, c apite e t gqitture to to n igris : alis eaudaque n ig ris e s tu s v irid i p a rtim lim b atis ; te c tric ib u s majoribus e t
aecondariis in pogoniis e s te rn is flavido maeulatis, h o ram necnon caudæ rec tricum apicibus albo a n g u ste te rm in a tis :
su b tù s flavus, nigro reg u la rite r tran s fa sciatu s : ro s tro ru b ro , p ed ib u s a u ra n tia c is : long, to tâ 9 3, alæ 4 '5 , caudæ 3 ’3,
ta rs i I ' l . Fem. M a ri similis, sed c ap ite viridi, gulâ pa rc e nigro tran s -lin ea tâ.
S a b . in mon tibu s N o v a G ranadiæ e t reip u b l. Æq u a to rialis.
The late Baron de Lafresnay first described this fine species o f Cotinga in one o f his papers
on new American birds published in the “ Eevue Zoologique.” The locality there given to it is
New Granada. It is not, however, o f v e iy frequent occurrence in Bogotá collections, but few
specimens liaving come under our examination in the many thousands o f bird-skins we have
seen from this district.
In his jom-ney to Western Ecuador in 1868-60 Mr. Fraser met with this bird in two
localities—at Matos on the plateau o f Eiobamba, and above Puellaro, a village on the Eio
Peracho north o f Quito, where his oolleoting-ground was about 8000 feet above the sea-level.
Mr. Fraser states that the stomachs o f specimens examined contained fruit, and that the bird
frequents foe trees on the mountain-tops and has a sweet note. He describes foe irides as
“ grayish,” or “ light-hazel,” the legs and feet “ deep orange," and fo e bill “ red."
This Cotinga belongs to the strongly-formed green group allied to Pipreola which
Dr. Cabanis has called Ampelion,* and subsequently A tn p e lh j Its nearest ally seems to bo
Ampelion. melanoeepUlus, figured in Swainson’s “ Zoological Illustrations” (series i. t. 25),
but it is immediately recognizable by its rod bill and distinctly barred under-surface—in the
former point approaching more nearly to the genus Pipreola.
Our figures of this species are fcaken from specimens in Solater’s collection. The male is a
“ Bogotá” skin, and the female one o f Fraser’s examples, killed at Matos.
‘ Tscbudi’s Fau n, Per. Aves, p. 137.
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