11. MACHiEROPTERUS. 305 



Hab. Colombia and Amazonia. 



This northern representative of AI. regulus may be distinguished 

 by its breast being stained with scarlet, and the darker and more 

 numerous flammulations of the abdomen. 



a. 3 ad. st. S. America. Purchased. 



b. <$ ad. sk. River Ucayali (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



c. d. J J ad. sk. Cbamicuros, E. Peru (Haux- J. Gould, Esq. 



well). 



e. J ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru (Hauxwell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/, g. <$ ad. sk. Napo, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. $ ad. sk. Reniedios, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salmon). 



i. 3 ad. ;j. Jr. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k,l. c?2 a d- sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



m. 2 ad. sk. Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Machaeropterus pyrocephalus. 



Pipra pvrocephala, Scl. Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 9 ; id. Contr. Orn. 1852, 



p. 132, t. xcvii. fig. 1. 

 Machseropterus pyrocephalus, <SW. Ibis, 18G2, p. 176 (Peruvian 



Amazons) ; Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 94 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



p. 128 ; Scl. et Sah: Nomencl. p. 54 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 139 ; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 346. 



Above brownish rose-colour, sides of head and wings green ; 

 crown bright yellow, with a broad central scarlet stripe : beneath 

 pale rosy cinereous, with slight longitudinal stripes of darker 

 colour; thighs and flanks chestnut ; tail dark ashy, with the feathers 

 stiffened ; bill above dark horn-colour, below paler : feet pale 

 reddish : whole length 3 inches, wing 2"1, tail 09. Female green, 

 beneath paler. 



Hab. Interior of Brazil, and Amazonia. 



a. (J ad.sk. Eng. do Gama, JJato Grosso, Brazil Sclater Coll. 



( Natterer). 



b. <$ ad. sk. Mato Grosso, Brazil (Natterer), Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. d. S ad. ; River Ucayali (Hauxioell). J. Gould, Esq. 



2 ad.sk. 



4. Machaeropteras deliciosus. 



Pipra deliciosa, Sol. P. Z. 8. 1800, p. 90. 



Machseropterus deliciosus, Scl. Ibis, 1862, p. 176, pi. vi. (W. Ecuador) 

 id. Cat. A. B. p. 250; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 54. 



Above dark chestnut, front part of crown scarlet ; wings and tail 

 black : beneath similar, flanks and under wing-coverts white ; bend 

 of wing yellowish ; bill black ; feet pale flesh-colour : whole length 

 3-3 inches, wing 2-5, tail 0-9. Female. Olive-green ; beneath paler ; 

 belly and under wing-coverts yellowish. 



flab. Ecuador. 



The chestnut body at once distinguishes this peculiar species, 

 vol. xrv. x 



