600 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



throat is more or less golden olive at first, as are also the sides 

 of face and hind-neck ; these parts become black as soon as 

 the red on the head is fully developed. The blue of the body 

 appears to be the last portion to change before the fully 

 adult male plumage is completed. 



Two eggs, taken November 19, 1902, are cream-coloured, 

 with spots and blotches of pale chestnut and underlying 

 blotches of lilac formed into an irregular zone chiefly round 

 the larger end of the egg. Axis 0*85 inch ; diameter 0'65. 



[This species is resident and about the most common of 

 all our monte birds : its light blue body and red crest 

 making it visible at a long distance, the green female being 

 almost as plentiful. Occasionally a female may occur with 

 the red crest also, though not so fully developed as in the male 

 bird it is true, but quite enough to make it distinguishable. 

 I am positive that this is correct ; they are not young birds, 

 because the blue body and black neck-feathers all develop 

 together ; the female birds to which I refer were fully adult 

 with the ovaries quite large and distinct. — W. F.~] 



163. PlPRA tfASCJICAUDA. 



Pipra fas data d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av., Mag. de Zool. 

 1837, p. 38 (Yuracares, Bolivia) ; Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, 

 p. 131 (Paraguay) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xiv. p. 294. 



Pipra fasciicauda Ilellmayr, Ibis, 1906, p. 9. 



Pipra fasciicauda fasciicauda Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xv. 

 p. 54 (1909). 



a. S ad. Sapucay, May 27, 1904. 

 Bill and feet purplish red ; iris white. 



b. $ ad.; c, d. $ imm. Sapucay, June 9-22, 1904. 

 e, f. $ ad. et imm. Sapucay, August 18, 1904. 



The young male is almost identical with the female in its 

 first plumage, and the first appearances of the male dress 

 may be seen on the chin and throat, where it becomes deep 

 orange-yellow. 



[A rare bird with us, the colour of the male marks it at 

 once as a tropical species, although I have met with it 

 during May and in fairly cold weather also. — W. F.~] 



