290 PIPEIDiE. 



I have never seen but one example of this bird, and regret to say 

 that 1 do not know where that now is. It is perhaps rather a 

 doubtful species. 



6. METOPIA. 



Type. 



Metopia, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 254 (1837) M. galeata. 



Antilophia, Reichenb. Ac. Syst. Nat. t. lxiii. (1850) M. galeata. 



This ornamental form, distinguished by its splendid scarlet crest 

 and head and long rounded tail, is found only in the interior of 

 South Brazil and Bolivia, where Natterer tells us it frequents 

 marshy places and keeps near the ground. 



1. Metopia galeata. 



Pipra galeata, Licht. Doubl. p. 28 (1823) ; Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 939 ; 



Sic. B. Brazil, pi. 23. 

 Pipra wiedii, Less. Tr. (V Om. i. p. 258. 

 Metopia galeata, Siv. Class. B. ii. p. 254 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 170 ; Burm. 



Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 440 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 98 ; Scl. Cat. 



A. B. p. 252; Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 129; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p 55 ; (id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 617 (Bolivia). 

 Antil.iphia galeata, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 5. 



Velvety black ; erect frontal crest, cap, and upper part of back 

 bright scarlet ; bill and feet brown : whole length 6-2 inches, 

 wing 3*1, tail 2*7. Female. Dull olive-green, paler below. 



Hab. S. Brazil and Bolivia. 



a. 6 ad. st. Brazil. Lt. Maw, R.N. [P.]. 



b. 3 ad. ; c. <3 Brazil. Purchased, 

 jr. st. 



d, e. 3 ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



f. 3 ad. sk. Rio, Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g,h. 3 $ ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



i. 2 a d. sk. Simacu, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. MASIUS. 



Type. 



Masius, Bp. Consp. i. p. 175 (1850) M. chrysopterus. 



Anticorys, Cab. et Heme, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 90 (1859). M. chrysopterus. 



As in Metopia, the frontal feathers in Masius are erect and pro- 

 duced, and the tail is rounded. But the tarsi are longer, thinner, 

 and more nearly smooth, and the tail is proportionately not so 

 long. The two known species are restricted to Colombia and 

 Ecuador. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Tips of crest-feathers slightly constricted, 



rufous orange 1. chrysopterus, p. 291. 



B. Tips of crest-feathers much constricted, pale 



brown 2. coronulatm, p. 291. 



