394 



COi'lMilD.i;. 



coverts white ; bill and feet black : whole length 4-2 inches, wing 3-4, 

 tail 1*5. Female similar, but without the violet lateral tufts. 



Hub. Guiana and Cayenne. 



Smaller than /. isabellce, and at once recognizable by its brown 

 throat and black upper surface. 



a, b. $ 2 ad. sk. 



c. J ad. sk. 



d. $ ad. sk. 



e. $ ad. sk. 



Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana 



(Whitely). 

 Cayenne. 

 Demerara. 

 South America. 



Sal vin-G oilman Coll. 



Selater Coll. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 

 Purchased. 



22. CALYPTURA. 



Type. 



Calyptura, Sic. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 491 (1831) C. cristata. 



This curious little bird deserves closer examination, although' I 

 have little doubt that Iodopleura is its not remote ally. It has, 

 however, shorter wings, shorter tail, and a Tyrannine plumage. It 

 is peculiar to South-eastern Brazil. 



1. Calyptura cristata. 



Pardalotus cristatus, Yieill. Nouv. Diet. xxiv. p. 528 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 511 ; Less. Tr. (FOm. i. p. 455. 

 Calyptura cristata, Sw. Om. Dr. pi. 24 ; id. Class. B. ii. p. 254 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 175; Burnt. Si/st. Ueb. ii. p. 448 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. 



Bern. ii. p. 90; Scl Cat. A. B. p. 247; Cab. J.f. O. 1874, p. 89 



(Cantagallo) ; Scl. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 59. 

 Pipra tyrannuius, Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 940. 



Above greenish yellow ; front and rump pure yellow ; head 

 crested, scarlet with a black border ; wings and tail dull blackish, 

 edged with greenish yellow; tips of two rows of coverts and margins 

 of outer secondaries white : beneath yellow, brighter on lower 

 belly ; under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet black : whole length 

 3 inches, wing 1*9, tail 1. Female similar. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



Subfamily VI. GYMNODERIN^l. 



These are exaggerated forms of the Cotingidce, in which develop- 

 ments of colour, size, and ornamental appendages have been pushed 

 to their extreme limits. Whether they should all stand together as 

 a separate group is doubtful, especially as regards the last two 

 genera (Sect. B), which might, perhaps, be better placed with the 

 typical Cotingince. But this and many other points must bo left to 



