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Pyrrhocoma rufceps Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 196 

 (1882) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 222 (1886) ; 

 Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. p. 144 (1902: 

 Sapucay); Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 322 

 (Paraguay). 



a-d. $ ad. etimm. ; e,f. $ ad. Sapucay, April 1903-0 I. 

 $ . Bill black above, cream-coloured below ; feet dark 

 slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



g, h. ad. et imm.; i. ? ad. Sapucay, May 1904. 



k, I. <$ ; m. ? ad. Sapucay, June 1904. 



n, o,p, q. $ ad. et imm. Sapucay, July 1904. 



The young male in its first plumage is like the female, and 

 the first appearauce of the male attire is shown by the grey 

 on the abdomen, by a few chestnut-coloured feathers on the 

 throat, and by the appearance of slate-grey on the scapulars. 



[Another species which is by no means uncommon in the 

 dense forests of the Central region of Paraguay. J have 

 never met with it in the southern provinces, but here it is 

 quite at home. A quick able bird, its dark plumage would 

 be a good protection if it could only keep quiet for a time, 

 but that seems impossible, and the result is that it can easily 

 be shot.— W. F.] 



207. Nemosia pileata paraguayensis, subsp. n. 



Tanagra pileata Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 45 (1783) [ex 

 d'Aubent. Tangara a co'effe noire, de Cayenne, pi. 720. fig. 2, 

 male]. 



Pico de punzon negro azul y bianco Azara, Apunt. i. p. 414. 

 no. cv., S (1802). 



Pico de punzon azul y bianco Azara, torn. cit. p. 423. 

 no. ex., ? . 



Nemosia pileata Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 223; 

 Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 7, 115 (Lambare) ; Ihering, 

 Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 320 (Paraguay). 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, March 18, 1903. 



b. $ ; c, d. ? ad. Sapucay, April 1903. 



^ . Bill black ; tarsi and feet orange ; iris yellow. 

 e. S ad. Sapucay, May 2, 1904. 



