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1. Masius chrysopterus. 



Pipra chrysoptera, Lnfr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 97 ; id. Mag. de Zool. 



1843, Ois. pi.. 44; Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 274, pi. 67. fig. 1. 

 Masius chrysopterus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 175; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, 



p. 152; id. Cat. A. B. p. 247; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 53; Tacz. 



et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 93 (Eastern Ecuador). 

 Anticorys chrysoptera, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 90. 



Above velvety black ; large erect crest on tbe front and head 

 bright lemon-yellow, the feathers on the nape with deep reddish- 

 orange ends, slightly constricted ; wings and tail black, with the 

 greater part of the inner webs of the reraiges and rectriccs of a 

 bright palo yellow : beneath black, large patch on throat yellow ; 

 bill and feet reddish: whole length 4-2 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1-8 

 Female. Olive-green : beneath pale, belly yellowish. 



Hub. Colombia and Eastern Ecuador. 



2. Masius coronulatus. 



Masius coronulatus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 91 (Ecuador) ; id. 

 Cat. A. B. p. 247 ; Sol et Salv. Nomencl. p. 53 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 pp. 516, 549 (Antioquia). 



Above velvety black ; large erect crest on the front and head 

 bright lemon-yellow, the feathers on the nape with pale clear brown 

 ends, much constricted ; wings and tail black, with the greater part 

 of the remiges and rectrices of a bright palo yellow : beneath black, 

 large patch on throat yellow ; bill and feet reddish : whole length 

 4 inches, wing 2 - 4, tail l - 6. 



Female. Olive-green : beneath paler, belly yellowish. 



Hob. Ecuador and Antioquia. 



The specimen from Antioquia (_/) shows a slight divergence 

 towards M. chrysopterus (ef. Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 516). 



a. c? ad. sk. Nanegal, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



b,c. c? 2 ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Colb 



d, e. c? $ ad. :/. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6 jr. sk. 



g, h. S ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



i. J ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. J ad. sk. Antioquia, Colombia (Sabnon), Sclater Coll. 



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