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13. TIJUCA. 



Type. 



Tijuca, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 30, pi. vi. (1830) T. nigra. 



Clirysopteiyx, Sw. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 492 (1831) T. nigra 



This is another singular S.E. Brazilian type, unique among the 

 Cotingidce as regards the black colour of the male, and also remark- 

 able for its strong, compressed and incurved bill, and elongated tail. 



1. Tijuca nigra. 



Tijuca nigra, Less. Cent. Zool, p. 30, pi. vi. ; id. Tr. d'Orn. i. p. 326 ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 177 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 254 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 58. 

 Chrysopteryx erytkrorhynckus, Sw. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 492 ; id. 



Class. B. ii. p. 252. 

 Ampelis chrysoptera, Nordm. in Erm. Beis. p. 15, Atl. pi. x. fig. 1. 

 Ptilochloris chrysoptera, Burtn. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 435. 

 Chrysopteryx nigra, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 102. 



Above and beneath black ; outer webs of primaries and secon- 

 daries, except the three last, bright yellow ; inner webs of basal 

 part of wing-feathers pale yellow : bill orange-yellow ; feet black : 

 whole length 11-5 inches, wing 5-8, tail 4-6. Female. Olive-green, 

 beneath paler, belly yellowish, bill dirty orange, feet blackish. 



Hah, S.E. Brazil. 



a. c? ad. st. S. America. Lt. Maw, R.N. [P.]. 



b. tS ad. sk. Novo Fribourgo, Rio de Ja- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



neiro, Brazil (Youds). 



c,d. J 2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. (S jr. sk. S. America. Purchased. 



g. cj'jr. sk. S. America. Lt. Maw, R.N. [P.]. 



14. AMPELION. 



Type. 

 Ampelion, Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 137 



(1845) A. cucullatus. 



Carpornis, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 279 (1846) .... A. melanocephalus. 



This is a small group of fine, strong birds of prevailing green 

 colour in both sexes, and coming naturally after Tijuca. But the 

 tail is not so long proportionately, and the bill is shorter and 

 broader. Ampelion is found throughout the forests of the South- 

 American tropics, but does not extend north of Panama. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Head all round and throat black. 



a. Back brown 1. cucullatus, p. 374. 



b. Back olive-green. 



{With slight green bauds below ; 

 bill dark 2. melanocephalus, p. 374. 

 With broad black bands below ; bill 

 orange 3. arcuatus, p. 375. 



B. Head black, throat yellowish 4. cinctus, p. 375. 



