172 Mr. P. L. Sclater^s Revision of the Genus Pipreola. 



flavo, lateribus viridibus : rostro rubro : pedibus carneis : 

 long. tota6'5, alse 3*8^ caudae 2'4. Fem. unioolor viridis, 

 pectore et ventre medio flavo strigatis. 

 Hab. Ecuador. 

 Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



Obs. Species pectore aurantiaco nigro circumdato notabilis. 



This beautiful species was first discovered by Mr. Fraser in 



the Western Andes of Ecuador, north of Quito, in 1859. 



Several examples of it have occurred in Quitan collections 



since that period ; but the bird is by no means common. 



In Mr. Buckley^s recent collection from Ecuador the only 

 example of the female that I have yet met with occurs. This 

 is now in Messrs. Salvin and Godman's collection. 



9. Pipreola elegans. 



Ampelis elegans, Tsch. Wiegm. Arch. 1843, i. p. 385, et 

 Fauna Per. p. 135. 



Pipreola elegans, Scl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 2, xvii. p. 

 469 (1856). 



Viridis, in capite paulo obscurior : fronte et capitis lateribus 

 et gula summa nigris : plaga magna pectorali nigro subtus 

 marginata crocea : abdomine medio flavo : lateribus viri- 

 dibus : rostro flavo, pedibus pallide carneis : long, tota 

 7"0, alse 3'8, caudse 3"1. 



Hab. Andes of Middle Peru (Tschudi). 



Mus. Novo-Castellano. 



Obs. Sp. P.jucundce proxima, sed pileo viridi et pectore 

 croceo neque aurantiaco dignoscenda. 



I have as yet seen but a single individual of Pipreola ele- 

 gans, the type specimen, which I examined at Neuchatel 

 many years ago, and which I have now again before me, 

 thanks to the kindness of M. Coulon. 



In his ' Fauna Peruana,^ Tschudi has stated that this species 

 is the same as P. aureipectus ; but this is quite an error, as I 

 pointed out in 1856 (/. s. c). Its nearest ally is, in fact, P. 

 jucunda ; and these two species difi'er from all others of the 

 genus in the outer secondaries being without any traces of 

 white terminations. 



Besides these nine species, which I regard as firmlv estab- 



