550 PROCIE'EIDTNGS OF THE NATIONiAT:, MUSEfU'M vol.89 



in having the streakings of dorsal and ventral surface definitely 

 narrowed. 



Family COTINGIDAE 



TITYRA SEMIFASCIATA PERSONATA Jardine and Selby 



Tityra pcrsonata Jardine and Selbt, Illustrations of ornithologj'', vol. 1, pt. 2, 

 June 1827, [p. 63], pi. 24 (Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico). 



These cotingas were found in a coffee plantation at Las Lajas below 

 Alotenango at 3,200 feet elevation on November 8 (specimen), 29, and 

 30. They are heavy-bodied birds that fly through the treetops with 

 bounding flight to seek high perches where they rest quietly or move 

 about in a leisurely manner. They are easily told by the light body 

 color and the dark markings about the head. 



Family PIPRIDAE 



CHIROXIPHIA LINEARIS LINEARIS (Bonaparte) 



Pipra linearis Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1837 (June 14, 1838), p. 113 

 (Mexico). 



On November 30, on my last day afield near Las Lajas below 

 Alotenango, as I followed an overgTOwn road through dense, low 

 brush in which stood scattered taller trees, I heard mellow, whistled 

 calls from some bird that remained hidden in the dense cover. While 

 watching I collected a bent-billed flycatcher, and after forcing a way 

 into the thicket to get it, with some difficulty because of thorns and 

 creepers, I continued farther to a spot that was a little more open. 

 Here I began to whistle an imitation of the unknown notes. Answer 

 was immediate, and in a few minutes I had glimpses of a little bird 

 that appeared entirely black, jumping from perch to perch 3 to 5 

 feet above the ground. Presently opportunity for a shot offered, 

 and aft«r five minutes work I had the bird in hand. My astonish- 

 ment was great to pick up a male of this handsome manakin as I 

 had had no glimpse of its light blue-black and bright red crown. Its 

 eight or nine companions were not alarmed by shooting and continued 

 their whistling so that presently I secured another. 



The feet were bright orange, claws black, iris dark red, and bill 

 black. 



In short tail the two taken agi'ee with the tj^pical form of Mexico 

 as restricted by Bangs and Peters.^^ 



» Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoOl., vol. 68, 1928, p. 397. 



