3. XENOPIPO. 



287 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d, e. 3 2 ad. sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana 



(Whitely). 

 f. 3 ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana 



( Whitely). 

 t/, h. 3 J ad. sk. Twek-quey Mt., Carimang r., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brit. Guiana {Whitely). 



3. Chloropipo holoclilora. 



Pipra cornuta $ , Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 751, et 1873, p. 282 

 (E. Peru). 



Above uniform shining green : beneath paler, middle of abdomen 

 yellowish ; under wing-coverts cinereous ; upper mandible plum- 

 beous, lower pale brown ; feet hazel : whole length 4-5 inches, 

 wing 2-6, tail 1'8. Female similar ('?). 



Hub. Colombia and Amazonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Bogota. 



b. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Pasto, Ecuador 



(Lehmnnn). 



c. d. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley), 

 e. Ad. sk. Ecuador. 



/. 3 ad. sk. Chyavetas, E. Peru. 



Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 E. Bartlett [C.]. 



3. XENOPIPO. 



Type. 



Xenopipo, Crt/5». in Wieym. Arch. xiii. pt. i. p. 235 (1817) . X. atronitens. 



This is a curious type, distinguished by its flattened mesorhinium, 

 and the uniform shining black plumage of the male. So far as is 

 yet known, it is peculiar to the Guianas and Lower Amazonia. 



1. Xenopipo atronitens. 



Xenopipo atronitens, Cab. Wieym. Arch. xiii. pt. i. p. 235 ; id. in 

 Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 697 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 170 ; Teh. Orn. Bras. 

 p. 129; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 54; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 299 

 (Brit. Guiana). 



Uniform shining black, not so bright below ; bill plumbeous : 

 feet black: whole length 4-7 inches, wing 2-8, tail 1-9. Female 

 green, paler beneath, throat and belly lighter. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



