'2S2 riPRiD.j'.. 



g. & ad. ; h. J jr. sk. Veragua (Arcf). 0. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. 



*". Ad. sk. Costa Rica (Carmiol). Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



3. Oxyrhamphus hypoglaucus. 



Oxvrhamphus hvpoglaucus, Salvin et Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 20(5 ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 291. 



Above green ; -wings and tail brownish black edged with green ; 

 the margins of the coverts and secondaries broader and more yel- 

 lowish ; large vertical crest scarlet, bordered by black on each side : 

 beneath white, with a faint greenish tinge on the sides of the breast 

 and flanks, and covered with numerous blackish shaft-spots ; middle 

 of belly white ; under wing-coverts pale yellowish ; bill above horn- 

 colonr, beneath whitish ; feet plumbeous : whole length 6*3 inches, 

 wing 3"6, tail 2 - 5. Female similar. 



I lab. Guiana. 



a. J ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. ) 



( Whitely). > 



b, c. c? ad. ; d, e. Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. ) 

 Jad.sk. {Whitely). (Types of the species.) 



/. $ ad. ; g, h. $ Roraima, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



ad. sk. {Whitely). 



Family III. PIPRID.^. 



The Pipridce, of which about 70 species are known, have been 

 usually regarded as merely a subfamily of the Cotingicke, and the 

 two groups are certainly very closely allied. But as regards their 

 exaspidean tarsi, the Pipridce come nearer the Tyrannidce, and they 

 are further distinguished from most of the Uotingidce by their 

 greater syndactylism. They are dentirostral Oligophones, mostly of 

 small size, and generally of bright plumage in the male sex. (See 

 page 2.) 



The Pipridce are entirely confined to the Neotropical Region, 

 over which they range from Central America to Paraguay and the 

 confines of La Plata. 



Key to the Subfamilies of Pipridae. 



A. Bill short, much expanded at the 



base ; terminal notch slight ; 

 rictus almost smooth ; tarsi 

 slender. Sexes usually dissimilar, 

 and colours of males brilliant, of 

 females dull 1. PIPBINJE, p. 283. 



B. Bill more elongated and much 



compressed ; terminal notch dis- 

 tinct ; rictus more or less bristled ; 

 tarsi stronger. Sexes alike or 

 nearly so, and colours mostly 

 dull 2. PTILOCIILORIKjE, p. 316. 



