13. HELICTJRA. 



311 



Beitr. iii. p. 413; Bp. P. Z.S. 1837, p. 113; Burm. Sust. Ueb. ii. 

 p. 442. 

 Chiroxiphia longicauda, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 695 ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 171. 



Above blue ; wings, nape, and sides of bead black; cap brigbt 

 scarlet ; tail black, two central feathers elongated, bluish : beneath 

 blue ; throat black ; bill and feet horn-colour : whole length 6 

 inches, wing 3-1, tail 2-5. Female. Green, beneath brighter. 



Hub. Brazil, Paraguay, and northern frontier of Argentina. 



a, b. c? 5 ad. st. 



c. (S jr. st. 



d. $ jr. st. 



e. cJ ad. sk. 



/,</. $ $ ad. sk. 

 h. $ ad. sk. 



3, k - 6 



i. c? ad. 



jr. sk. 

 I. $ ad. sk. 

 m. 2 ad. ; n. 



jr. sk. 

 o. S ad. ; p. 



jr. sk. 

 q. $ ad. sk. 

 r, s. 2 ad. sk. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 

 u. 3 jr. sk. 



Brazil. 

 Brazil. 

 Brazil. 

 Novo Fribourgo, Rio de 



Janeiro (Youds). 

 Rio Claro, Goyaz, Brazil 



(Joyner). 

 Santa Fe, Minas Geraes 



(Rogers). 

 Sao Paolo, Brazil (Joyner). 



Rio, Brazil. 



Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 



(Rogers). 

 Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



S. Brazil. 



Misiones, Arg. Rep. ( White). 



Lt. Maw, R.N. [P.]. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



J. Gould, Esq. 

 M. Claussen [P.]. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



13. HELICURA * 



Ilicura, Reiehenb. Av. Syst. pi. lxiii. (1850) , 



Heilicura, Salmn, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 320 (1882) 



Type. 

 II. militaris. 

 II. militaris. 



The single Brazilian species which has been isolated tinder this 

 namo is certainly very closely allied to Chiroxiphia, and might 

 perhaps be united to it. But although the frontal feathers are 

 erect and stiffened, there is no vertical crest, and the outer primary 

 is more shortened. 



1. Helicura militaris. 



Pipra militaris, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xx. p. 849 ; Wagl. Isis, 1830, 



p. 931 ; Burm. Sgst. Ueb. ii. p. 441. 

 Chiroxiphia militaris, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 236. 

 Ilicura militaris, Cab. ct Hein. Mu8. Ilein. ii. p. 96; <S'<7. Cat. A. B. 



p. 250; Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 12!); Hamilton, Ibis, 1871, p. 305 



(Brazil) ; Set. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 54. 

 Heilicura militaris, Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 320. 



* Presumed derivation i)\i% and ovpd (?). 



