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5. CIRRHOPIPRA. 



Type. 



Cirrhipipra, Bp. Consp. i. p. 172 (1850) C. filicauda. 



Teleonema, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. t. Ixiii. (1850) .... 0. filicauda. 



The peculiar elongated tail-feathers render this form, which in 

 other respects comes very near the true Pipra, easily recognizahle. 

 It is rather widely spread over Amazonia, Colombia, Ecuador, and 

 Venezuela. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Outer rectrices filiform 1. filicauda, p. 289. 



B. Outer rectrices acuminated 2. heterocerca, p. 289. 



1. Cirrhopipra filicauda. 



Pipra filicauda, Spi.v, Av. Bras. ii. p. 5, pi. 8. figs. 1, 2 ; Wagl. Isis, 



1830, p. 936 ; Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 143 ; Sclater, P. Z S. 



1855, p. 152 (Bogota) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 247 ; Scl. et Sain. Nomencl. 



p. 54; iid. P. Z. S. I860, p. 190 (R. Ucayali), 18b7, p. 579 



(L. Amazons), 1868, p. 628 (Venezuela), 1873, p. 282 (E. Peru) ; 



Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 126 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 336 ; Burnt. Syst. 



Ueb. ii. p. 446. 

 Cirrhipipra filicauda, Bp. Consp. i. p. 172 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, 



p. 265 (Upper Amazons), et 1858, p. 71 (Rio Napo). 

 Teleonema filicaudum, Cab. et Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 91. 



Velvety black ; whole head and neck above scarlet, front yellow : 

 beneath bright yellow ; crissum black ; inner webs of wing-feathers 

 with a large white blotch ; bill plumbeous ; feet reddish : whole 

 length 5"8 inches, wing 2*6, tail 3. Female green ; wings and 

 tail brown with green margins : beneath paler, more yellowish ; 

 middle of belly yellow. 



Hab. Amazonia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. 



a. $ ad. st. Amazons. Purchased. 



b. S a( i- sk. Barra do Rio Negro (Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Upper Amazons (Hauxwell). Gould Coll. 



d. ^ad.sk. Pebas, E. Peru (Hauxwell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 f,y. cJad.sk. Napo, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h. ' 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo. Sclater Coll. 



i. <J ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. 3 ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



k. $ ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



I. c? ad. sk. San Esteban, Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 



m. c? ad. sk. Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Cirrhopipra heterocerca. 



Pipra heterocerca, Scl P. Z. S. 1860, p. 313 (N. Brazil) ; Scl. et 

 Salv. Nomencl. p. 54. 



Similar to C. filicauda, but outer rectrices acuminated and pro- 

 duced, not filiform. 



Hab. Amazonia. 

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