9. pipea. 293 



from Southern Mexico to Bolivia. The tail is short, and squared at 

 the end. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Sexes dissimilar ; males above and beneath 



more or less black. 



a. Throat red or yellow ; belly black : 



I tail black 1. aureola, p. 293. 



tail with white spot on outer rectrix. 2. Jlavicollis, p. 294. 



tail with white bar 3. fasciata, p. 294. 



b. Under surface black. 

 a'. Cap red. 



a". Thighs red 4. rubricapilla, p. 295. 



b". Thighs yellow : 



I chin black 5. chloromeros, p. 295. 



| chin yellow 6. mentalis, p. 295. 



b'. Cap yellow 7. axiricapilla, p. 296. 



c'. Cap white : 



) rump black, like the back 8. leucocilla, p. 297. 



| rump pale blue 9. isidovi, p. 298. 



d'. Cap blue : 



rump black 10. velutina, p. 299. 



rump bluish 11. cyaneocapilla, p. 299. 



rump blue 12. cceruleocapilla, p. 300. 



c. Throat black ; belly yellow : 



I breast-spot yellow 13. serena, p. 300. 



I no yellow breast-spot 14. suavissima, p. 300. 



d. Throat white ; belly black : 



) crissum black 15. gutturalis, p. 301. 



) crissum white 16. leucorrhoa, p. 301. 



B. Sexes dissimilar; male with back green. . 17. nattereri, p. 302. 



C. Sexes similar, all green 18. virescens, p. 302. 



1. Pipra aureola. 



Pipra aureola, Linn. S. N. i. p. 339 ; Desm. Tang. pi. 54 ; Hahn ti. 

 Kiister, Vbg. Lief. ii. pi. 5; Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 933; Cab. in 

 Sckomb. Guian. iii. p. 696 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 173 ; Cab. et Jiein. 

 Mus. Hein. ii. p. 91 ; Sel. Cat. A. B.y. 248 ; Scl. et Salt: P.Z. S. 

 1868, p. 168 (Venezuela) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 54; Felz. Orn. Bras. 

 p. 127; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 299 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above black ; whole head and neck bright scarlet-red : beneath 

 black ; throat, breast, and middle line of belly scarlet, throat 

 tinged with yellow ; under wing-coverts and broad band across the 

 inner webs of the remiges white ; bend of wing yellowish ; thighs 

 yellow ; bill black ; feet carneous : whole length 4*5 inches, wing 

 2-5, tail 1-2. Female. Olive: beneath yellowish, brighter on the 

 middle of the belly. 



Hah. Guiana, Surinam, Cayenne, Yenezuela, and Trinidad. 



