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The primary coverts as well as the feathers of the aluhi iu some specimens 

 show broad white margins to the outer webs, while these margins are either 

 altogether absent or bnt slightly indicated in other individuals of the series. 

 C nigrcscens is a near ally oi Pijrhjleim serva Scl., but the latter, as lately shown 

 by Dr. Hellmayr, is also a Gercomacra and not a Pyriglena at all. Dr. Sclater 

 had already placed a female of C nigrescens under the head of C serta (viz. 

 No. " i" ¥ ad., Cayenne ?) as Hellmayr tells ino. 



I have compared the tyi>e in the Museum Heiueanum, kindly lent to me by 

 Oberamtmann F. Heine, and have found it to agree perfectly with male sjiecimens 

 collected by Mr. Cherrie. 



[260. Cercomacra napensis Scl. 



Cercomacra napensis Sclater, P.Z.S. 1868 p. 572 (typ. ex Kio Negro in Mus. Brit.). 

 Cayenne, <S, and Oyapoc, <? (vSclater collection in Mns. Brit.).] 



[270. Pyriglena leuconota (Spix). 



Thanmophilus lencnnoius Spix, Ai\ Bmx. ii. (1825) p. '28. tab. xxxix. 6g. 2 (typ. ex sylvia P.arae^ 

 olim in Mus. Monac). 



Cayenne (c? ad. in Mns. Vindob. ex Becoeur stib u. " P. maura ").] 

 271. Pithys* albifrons (Linn.). 



Pipra albifrons Linne, Sijst. Xat. ed. xii. i. 1 (ITGlj) p. 330 (ex Edwards), hab. "Ruiana" — sc. 

 Cayenne). 



Ipousin, R. Approuague : 4 (?cJ ad., December 2.5 (two), 26, 31 ; 2 ? ? ad., 

 December 26, 31, 1902. 



" Iris seal, feet orange-yellow, bill above black, below slate-black." 



Nos. 12816, 12817, 12853, 128.54, 12924, 1292.5. 



SS ad.: al. 72|— 70| ; caud. 411— 40|; culm. 16|— Ki ; tars. 22J— 21i mm. 



? ? ad. : al. 7U— 69 ; cand. 40^-39i ; calm. 17J— 16J ; tars. 22J mm. 



There is no difference between the birds sexed " ? ? ," as compared with those 

 sexed"c?c?." 



[Cayenne (Sclater collection and Salvin & Godm.iu collection in Mus. Brit.), coll. 

 Deplanches {fide Bp.), Mus. Hein., Mns. Vindob. ex Becoeur, Mns. H. v. B.] 



272. Anoplops rufigaila (Bodd.). 



Tuidus riijigula Boddaert, Tubl. PI. Enl. (1783) p. 3'J (ex Daubenton, PI Enl. 644. f. 2. — typ. ex 

 Cayenne in Mus. Paris— /(fe Meneg. & Hcllin.). 



Ipousin, R. Approuague: 4 cJc? ad., December 26 (two), 30, 1902, January 8, 

 1903 ; 1 ? ad., December 26, 1902. 



"Iris brick-red, feet pale flesh-colour, liiil blackish slate-grey at tip of 

 mandible, bare skin about eye blue-grey." 



Xos. 12849, 12850, 12851, 12916, 13060. 



Jc? ad. : al. ^U— 76J; caud. 53— 47|; culm. 19^—184; tars. 27J— 25| mm. 



? ad. : al. 76i ; caud. 50 ; cnlm. 17^ ; tars. 2(il mm. 



[Cayenne, Bull', in Mus. Paris (Sclater colled ion in Mas. Brit., Mas. H. v. B.).] 



• It is by no means ofit;iin that " Mauikiip" lias been proposed by Desmaiest as a new generic name. 

 He, of coiu'se, begins his Latin diagnosis with tliu initial " M . . .," but the article is only headed liy tlic 

 word "Manikup," and it is not said that "Manikup" is proposed as a new generic Latin name for this 

 species. 



