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Show 1873.] THE BIRDS OF EASTERN PERU. 297 Pteroglossus humboldti, P. beauharnaisi, Selenidera langsdorfi, and S. reinwardti are, so far as I know, restricted to Upper Amazonia ; the other species have rather a wider range. 1. RAMPHASTOS AMBIGUUS, Sw.; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 752. Chyavetas ; a single specimen only obtained (E. Bi). 2. RAMPHASTOS INCA, Gould; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 752. Chyavetas (E. Bi). 3. RAMPHASTOS CUVIERI,Wagl.; Scl.& Salv. P. Z.S. 1866, p. 195; 1867, p. 752. Cashiboya, the whole of the Ucayali, Chyavetas, Chamicuros, and the Huallaga-the most common of the family and generally distributed (E. Bi). 4. RAMPHASTOS CULMINATUS, Gould; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195; 1867, p. 752. Sarayacu, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros, generally distributed and always in company with R. cuvieri (E. Bi). 5. PTEROGLOSSUS PLURICINCTUS, Gould; Scl. & Salv. P.Z. S. 1867, p. 753. Chyavetas (E. B.). 6. PTEROGLOSSUS CASTANOTIS, Gould ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195. Sarayacu, Chamicuros, and Santa Cruz (E. Bi). 7. PTEROGLOSSUS HUMBOLDTI (Wagl.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 195; 1867, p. 753. Sarayacu (E. Bi) ; Rio Javari (Bates). 8. PTEROGLOSSUS BEAUHARNAISI (Wagl.). " Chamicuros and Santa Cruz, but not common here. This curious bird appears to have a wide and extensive range on the southern shores of the Amazons. It was found by Mr. Bates at the mouth of the Solimoens, and as far south as Fonte Boa. I obtained my specimens in Chamicuros, but it is found also in the dense forest of Lamas and on the head-waters of the Huallaga. I heard it several times in the forest of Xeberos on my road to Chyavetas. It is only found in the dense forest, many miles from the larger rivers. The Indians of the Napo declared to me that they never saw this species in any part of the forest on that river, and were quite surprised to see the skins that I had preserved."-E. B. 9. PTEROGLOSSUS FLAVIROSTRIS, Fraser; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 753. Xeberos and Chamicuros (E. B.); Rio Javari (Bates). Mr. Gould, in the second edition of his Monograph, speaks of his |