312 



Pipra rubrifrons, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xix. p. 161 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 388. 

 Pipra oxyura, Nordm. in Erm. Reis. Atl. p. 12, pi. 9. figs. 1, 2. 

 Chiroxiphia oxyura, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, i. p. 235. 



Above jet-black ; erect frontal plumes and rump brigbt scarlet ; 

 secondaries externally brigbt green ; tail black : beneath white ; 

 bill and feet pale brown : whole length 5 inches, wing 2 # 5, tail 2'5. 

 female. Green, beneath paler ; throat cinereous. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



a. <$ ad. st. 



b. S ad. st. 



c. 5 ad. st. 



d. <$ ad sk. 



e. 3 ad. sk. 



f. <$ ad. sk. 



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h, i. S ? ad. 

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sk. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Novo Fribiiiirgo, Rio (Youds). 



Santa Fe, Minas Geraes 



(Rogers). 

 Rio Olaro, 



[Joyner). 

 Brazil. 

 Brazil. 



Ld. Stuart de Rothesay 



[P.]. 

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 Sahiu-Godman Coll. 

 Sahin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godtnan Coll. 



Goyaz, Brazil Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



14. CHIROMACH-ffiRIS. 



Type. 

 Chiromachseris, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. xiii. pt. i. p. 235 (1847). C. nianacus. 

 Manacus, Gray (ex Brissori), Cat. Gen. 1855, p. 55 . . . . C. manacus. 



This little group consists of seven species, distributed over 

 America from Guatemala to S. Brazil. It is sufficiently charac- 

 terized by the peculiar modification of the primaries, which are much 

 attenuated in the barbs, and have the stems thickened and curved 

 inwards, and by the elongation of the throat-feathers. 



Very little is known of the nesting of the Pipridse. But Salmon 

 has recorded that Chiromachceris manacus " builds a shallow nest of 

 grasses suspended from the fork of a branch in low shrubs." The 

 same collector obtained eggs of C. vitellina, which are figured 

 P.Z.S. 1879, pi. xlii. fig. 10. See also Euler, J. f. 0. 1867, 

 p. 223. 



Key to tlie Species. 



A. Throat pure white : 



( belly white 1. manacus, p. 313. 



< belly grey 2. gutturosa, p. 314. 



( belly yellow 3. canda>i, p. 314. 



B. Throat faintly tinged with yellow 4. Jiaveola, p. 315. 



C. Throat yellow : 



( throat pure yellow 5. vitellina, p. 315. . 



| throat orange-yellow 0. aurantiata, p. 316. 



J). Throat black 7. coronata, p. 316. 



