17. XIPHOLENA. 387 



e - c? jr. ;/. $ ad. Sarayacu, Ucayali (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



sk. 



<j. <$ ad. sk. Samiria, Upper Amazons Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Hauxwell). 



h. rf ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



i, j. $ ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



17. XIPHOLENA. 



Type. 

 Xipholena, Gloger, Hand- u. Ililfsb. d. Nat. p. 320 



(1842) X. pompadora. 



In the three species of Xipholena the males attain a further 

 ornamentation by the production and modification of the upper 

 wing-coverts and the thickening and hardening of their stems. 

 One of these remarkable birds is peculiar to Guiana, a second to 

 Lower Amazonia, and the third to S.E. Brazil. In Upper Amazonia 

 this form does not appear to occur. 



Key to tlie Species. 



A. Tail dark like the back. 



(Plumage crimson-purple ; upper wing- 

 coverts much lengthened 1. pompadora, p. 387. 

 Plumage dark purple; upper wing- 

 coverts slightly lengthened 2. atro-purpurea, p. 388. 



B. Tail pure white ; upper wing-coverts ex- 



cessively lengthened 3. lamellipennis, p. 389. 



1. Xipholena pompadora. 



Ampelis pompadora, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 218 ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 764 ; 



Hahn, Vog, am Asim, Lief. ix. pi. 3. 

 Cotinga pourpre de Cayenne, Daub. PL Enl. 279. 

 Cotinga pompadora, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 279. 

 Xipholena pompadora, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 233 ; id. in 



Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 693 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 176 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. 



Hein. ii. p. 106; Sol Cat. A. B. p. 256 ; Pelz. Orti. Bras. p. 133; 



Scl. et Salv. Ex. Om. p. 9 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 580 (L. Amazons); 



lid. Nomencl. p. 59 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 305 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above and beneath shining reddish purple ; wings white ; pri- 

 maries tipped with black ; tail white at the base ; upper wing- 

 covcrts elongated, lanceolate, and with the stems thickened; bill dark 

 brown; feet black: whole length 7'5 inches, wing 5, tail 3. Female. 

 Above cinereous ; wings darker, and with white edgings to the 

 coverts and outer secondaries : beneath paler, belly whitish ; under 

 wing-coverts white. 



Hub. Guiana, Surinam, and Cayenne. 



a, b. cS ad. ; c. 2 British Guiana. R. Geogr. Soc. [P.]. 



ad. st. 

 d,e. cS 9 « a( l- st. Cavenne. H. C. Bothery, Esq. 



[P.]. 

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