176 Dr. P. L. Sclater on Pipra deliciosa. 



The known species of the genus Macharopterus will, therefore, 

 stand as follows : — 



1. Macharopterus regulus. 



Pipra regulus, Hahn, Ausl. Vog. Lief. 4. pi. 4. f. 1, 2. Pipra 

 striffilata,V/ied, Reis.n.Bras. i.p. 187, etBeitr.iii. p. 430 ; Temm. 

 Pi. Col. 54. f. 1, 2 ; Licht. Doubl. p. 29; Sw. Orn. Dr. pi. 25 ; 

 Bp. Consp. p. 174; Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 445. Pipra lineata, 

 Thunb. Mem. Acad. Petersb. 1822, p. 284. pi. 8. f. 1. Macha- 

 ropterus strigilatus, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisodact. p. 6. Macharo- 

 pterus regulus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 94. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



2. Macharopterus striolatus. 



Pipra striolata, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 122, et Consp. p. 174; 

 Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 274. pi. 67. f. 2; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 152, 1857, p. 265, et 1858, p. 72. Pipra strigilata, 

 Wagl. Isis, 1830, p. 936. Machceropterus striolatus, Cab. et 

 Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 94. 



Hab. Venezuela and New Granada. 



3. Mach/eropterus pyrocephalus. 



Pipra pyrocephala, Sclater, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, p. 9, 

 et Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 132. Macharopterus pyrocephalus, Bp. 

 Consp. Vol. Anisodact. p. 6 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 94 

 (note). 



Hab. Peruvian Amazon. 



Obs. It was supposed at Paris that the typical example of this 

 species (which I described in 1852) was from Bogota, but ex- 

 amples collected by Mr. Hauxwell on the Ucayali and Huallaga 

 show that the wood-region of Eastern Peru is its real home. 



4. Macharopterus deliciosus. (Plate VI.) 

 Pipra deliciosa, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 90. 

 Hab. Western Ecuador. 



To accompany the figure herewith given of this charming spe- 

 cies, I extract my remarks on the curious structure of its wings, 

 as given in the ' Proceedings ' of the Zoological Society : — 



" This Manakin is one of the most brilliantly coloured birds of 

 the charming group to which it belongs ; and the male bird is 



