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1. Piprites pileatus. 



Pipra pileata, Temm. PI. Col. 172. tig. 1. 



Piprites pileatus, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. xiii. pt. i. p. 234 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 174; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 24G; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 126 ; Scl. et 



Salv. Nomencl. p. 53. 



Above dark chestnut-red ; cap black ; wings black, edged with 

 green ; outer secondaries and wing-coverts red like the back ; tail 

 red, with a large central black blotch occupying the whole of the 

 two middle pairs of rectrices except the tips : beneath reddish 

 fulvous ; middle of belly and under wing-coverts yellowish ; bill 

 and feet pale red : whole length 4*7 inches, wing 2-9, tail 2'1. 

 Female similar, but upper part of the back olivaceous. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



2. Piprites chloris. 



Pipra chloris, Temm. PL Col. 172. fig. 2. 



Piprites chloris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 174; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 246; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 126 ; Scl. et Sab'. Nomencl. p. 53. 

 Hemipipo chloris, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. xiii. pt. i. p. 234. 



Above olive-green ; lores whitish ; front rufescent ; sides of head 

 cinereous ; wings blackish edged with green ; broad tips of coverts 

 and outer secondaries white ; tail blackish, edged with green, and 

 tipped with white spots : beneath yellowish green ; under surface 

 of remiges at their bases creamy white ; bend of wing yellowish ; 

 bill cinereous ; feet pale brown : whole length 5 - 7 inches, wing 2*8, 

 tail 2*2. Female similar. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



3. Piprites tschudii. 



Pipra chloris, Tsch, F. P., Av. p. 144. 



Hemipipo tschudii, Cab. J.f. O. 1874, p. 99; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 539 ; Salv. et Goclm. Ibis, 1882, p. 79. 



Piprites chloris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 152 (Bogota). 



Piprites chlorion, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 246 ; id. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 72 

 (Rio Napo) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 53 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 190 

 (Ueayali), 1873, p. 282 (E. Peru) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 22. 



Piprites tschudii, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 334. 



Similar to P. chloris, but rather smaller ; bill longer ; nape 

 cinereous ; lores more yellowish. 



Hab. Amazonia, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



