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P[ipra]eri/lhrucephala Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 274. — Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 

 1850, 173, part (Cayenne). — Hellmayr, Ibis, 1906, 3, 15 (in key). 



Dixiphia enjthrocephala Bonaparte, Consp. Voluf. Anisod., 1854, (i. 



(?) [Pipra] cristata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 329 (based on Mnnacus 

 cristatus ruber BmssoN , Orn., iv, 461 «) Wagler, Isis, 1830, 942. 



{'!)P[ipra] cristata Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 274. 



Pipra awicapilla (not of Lichtenstein) Cabanis, in Schomburgk's Reis. Brit. 

 Guiana, iii, 1848, 696. — ScLATER,Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 249, part (Cayenne); Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xiv, 1888,296, part (Cayenne; Maroni R., Surinam: Demerara, 

 Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Attapurau R., and Roraima, British Guiana; Cauca, 

 Minca, and Bucaramanga, Colombia; Chepo, Isthmus Panama). — Taylor, 

 Ibis, 1864, 87 (Trinidad).— Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 

 628 (San Esteban, Venezuela); 1879, 516 (Remedies, Antioquia, Colombia). — 

 Layard, Ibis, 1873, 384 (Para).— Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 573 

 (Trinidad; crit.). — Salvin and Godman, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, 

 169 (Minca, Santa Marta, Colombia, 2,000 ft.); Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii. 1890, 

 109 (Chepo, Isthmus Panama, etc.).— Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 

 319 (Trinidad); Ibis, 1885, 300 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Merume Mts., 

 Atapurau R., and Roraima, 3,500 ft., British Guiana). — Berlepsch, Journ. 

 fiir Orn., 1884, 276,304 (Bucaramanga, Colombia; crit.). — Bangs, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., xii, 1898, 137 (Santa Marta, Colombia). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. 

 N. H., xiii, 1900, 156 (Bonda, etc., Santa Marta). 



P[ipra] auncapilla Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., ii, 1859, 92 (Cayenne). 



[Pipra] auricajnlla Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 54, part. — Sharpe, 

 Hand-list, iii, 1901, 154, part. 



Pipra aurocapilla Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., vi, 1894, 45 ( Trinidad; habits). 



PIPRA VELUTINA Berlepsch. 

 VELVETY MANAKIN. 



Adult male. — Uniform deep lilack, passing into dusky olive on abdo- 

 men, flanks, and under tail-coverts; crown covered by a large oval 

 patch of bright cobalt or ultramarine blue, the feathers blackish 

 basally (this more or less exposed); maxilla black with paler tomia, 

 mandible horn color (in dried skins); iris brown;'' legs and feet 

 dusky horn color (in dried skins); length (skins), 78-93 (85.9) ; wing, 

 58-64.5 (61.6); tail, 24.5-27.5 (26.2) exposed culmen, 8-9.5 (8.9); 

 tarsus, 13.5-15.5 (14.2); middle toe, 9-9.5 (9.2).^ 



Adult female. — Above plain dull parrot green, paler and duller (more 

 olive-green) on edges of primaries and rectrices; chin and throat 

 pale olive-green or grayish, usually intermixed with whitish (espe- 

 cially on chin); chest dull parrot green or deep olive-green; rest of 

 under parts pale j^ellowish olive or olive-j^ellowish, the sides and 

 flanks tinged with olive-green; axillars and under wing-coverts pale 



O' P[ipra] purpurea Vieiilot, Tabl. Enc. Meth, ii, 1823, 263 (Brazil; Mexico; based 

 onBrisson, Orn., iv, 462, no. 12; Buffon, Hist. l^at. Ois., viii, 171, etc.), is described as 

 having the upper and under parts purple, tail red, crest (pendant) yellow; con- 

 sequently I can see no reason whatever for suggesting possible connection with the 

 present species. 



i Jose C. Zeledon, manuscript. 



f Seventeen specimens. 



