15. PIPREOLA. 381 



This species generally resembles P. melanolcema, but has no white 

 ends to the external secondaries. 



a. $ ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru {Stolzmatm). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



9. Pipreola jucunda. 



Pipreola jucunda, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 89, pi. clx. (Ecuador) ; 

 id. Cat. A. B. p. 255 ; id. Ibis, 1878, pp. 166, 171 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 58 ; Berl.et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 298, et 1885, p. 121 

 (Ecuador). 



Above bright green ; whole head black ; beneath, chin and throat 

 black ; large pectoral patch orange, bordered with black ; middle of 

 belly and crissum bright yellow ; sides of breast and flanks green ; 

 under wing-coverts sulphur-yellow ; bill yellow ; feet brown : whole 

 length 6 - 6 inches, wing 3*7, tail 2*6. Female. Above green ; 

 beneath green, belly flammulated with yellow ; bill pale brown ; 

 feet dark brown. 



Hob. Ecuador. 



a. $ ad. sk. Caclri Llacta, Ecuador Sclater Coll. 



(Fraser). (Type of the species.) 



b, c. $ ad.; d. 2 Intac, Ecuador {Buckley). Sal vin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



e,f. <S ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 



g. c? ad. sk. Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



h. 2 ach s k- Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. Pipreola elegans. 



Ampelis elegans, Tsch. Wiegm. Arch. 1843, i. p. 384; id. Fauna Per., 



Aves, p. 135. 

 Pipreola elegans, Scl. Ann. fy 3Iag. N. H. ser. 2, xvii. p. 469 (1856) ; 



id. Ibis, 1878, p. 172 ; Tacz. 6m. Per. ii. p. 378. 



Bright green, rather darker on the head ; front, sides of head, and 

 top of throat black ; large pectoral patch yellow, bordered by a 

 black margin below ; middle of abdomen yellow, sides green ; bill 

 yellow ; feet flesh-colour : whole length 7 inches, wing 3*8, tail 3*1. 



Hab. Central Peru. 



Distinguished from P. jucunda by its green head and yellow 

 breast. I have examined the type of this species in the Museum of 

 Neuchatel. 



11. Pipreola whitelyi. 



Pipreola whitelyi, Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1884, p. 449; Salv. Ibis, 

 1885, p. 304, et 1886, p. 502, pi. xii. (Br. Guiana). 



Above cinereous, washed with green except on the head ; long 

 superciliaries and narrow neck-collar at the back of the head golden 

 vellow ; wings and tail blackish, edged with brownish yellow : 

 beneath cinereous, with a slight greenish tinge ; broad pectoral 

 band crimson, passing into golden yellow on the 6ides ; crissum 



