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Show 1867.] THE BIRDS OF THE LOWER AMAZONS. 581 Barra. Very difficult to shoot, from its sitting at the top of very high trees. Also seen near Para (see Travels, p. 132)."-A. W. 139. GYMNODERUS FCETIDUS (Linn.). " Met with on the right bank of tbe Lower Rio Negro ; rather plentiful on low trees on the banks of the river. Naked skin of the neck dark ultramarine blue."-A. W. 140. GYMNOCEPHALUS CALVUS (Gm.). " One specimen of this bird was obtained at Guia, on tbe Upper Rio Negro. The iris is blue black; the bare part of the head and also the feet dusky lead-colour. Skin of the neck loose; trachea dilated, and the voice very loud and remarkable."-A. W . 141. CEPHALOPTERUS ORNATUS, Geoffr. " Met with by me only in the wooded islands of Lower Rio Negro, between Barra and the mouth of the Rio Brancho. Oecurs agaiu on the banks of the River Uaupes, above the cataracts. It is also found on the Upper Amazon near Ega (see Bates, Nat. on the Amazon, ii. p. 283). I have described its habits in an article published in the Society's * Proceedings' for 1850, p. 206."-A. W. Fam. MOMOTIDA. 142. MOMOTUS BRASILIENSIS, Lath. Para. Fam. ALCEDINIDA. 143. CERYLE TORQUATA, Linn. Tocantins: Mexiana. 144. CERYLE AMAZONIA (Lath.). Tocantins. 145. CERYLE INDA (Linn.). Mexiana. 146. CERYLE AMERICANA (Gm.). Para; Tocantins; South bank of the Amazons. 147. CERYLE SUPERCILIOSA (L.). Mexiana. Fam. GALBULIDA. 148. GALBULA VIRIDIS (Linn.). Amazons, north bank, 1850. 149. GALBULA RUFO-VIRIDIS, Cab. Rio Tocantins. |