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11. RUPICOLA. _ 



Type. 



Rupicola, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 437 (1760) R. crocea. 



End of the outer primary of Rupicola. 



This splendid and much isolated form of the Cotingidce is spread 

 over the northern part of South America from Venezuela and 

 Colombia down to Bolivia, but does not occur in S.E. Brazil. It is 

 remarkable amongst its allies for its strong feet and partly feathered 

 tarsi, and for the enormous compressed crest which covers its head. 

 The first outer primary is curiously modified. 



The nest and eggs of R. peruviana have been taken by Goudot 

 (Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 1) and by Salmon (P. Z. S. 1879, p. 519). 



Key to the Species. 



A. Wing-coverts orange, like the back; tail 



brown, tipped with pale orange 1. crocea, p. 369. 



B. Wing-coverts and tail black : 



I plumage orange-red 2. peruviana, p. 370. 



| plumage blood-red 3. sanyuinohnta, p. 371. 



1. Rupicola crocea. 



Pipra rupicola, Linn. S. N. i. p. 338; Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 928. 

 Rupicola crocea, T'ieill. Enc. M4th. p. 260 ; Cab. in Sehotnb. Guian. 



iii. p. 694; Bp. Cortsp. i. p. 170; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 437; 



Gould, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 99 ; Cab. et Hein. Mm. llein. ii. p. 98 ; 



Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 253; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 131; Scl. et Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 580 (L. Amazons); iid. Nomencl. p. 57 ; Salv. 



Ibis, 1885, p. 304 (Br. Guiana). 

 Rupicola elegans, Steph. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 257. 

 Rupicola aurantia, Vieill. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 316, pi. 189; Schomb. 



Naumann. 1850, p. 34. 

 Rupicola cayana, 8w. Class. B. ii. p. 253. 



Brilliant orange ; wings brown, with a broad white transverse 

 bar ; secondaries externally edged and broadly tipped with pale 

 orange, outer secondaries with the external webs produced into 

 filaments ; tail blackish brown, tipped with pale orange ; bill and 

 feet yellowish : whole length 11 inches, wing 7, tail 3-7. Female. 

 Dark olive-brown ; rump, tail, belly, and under wing-coverts 

 stained with orange-brown. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne, and Lower Amazonia. 



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