480 CLASS XVI. 



the narrow flag-feathers are present, but not the elongated feathers of the 

 tail {CJdromachctris Caban.). Cabanis restricts the genus Pqwa to those 

 species of which the first flag-feathers are not narrowed and none of the 

 tail-feathers elongated. To this division belongs Pipra erytlirocephala L. 

 (see above), Pipra aureola L., Buff. PI. enl. 34, fig. 3, &c. 



Piprites Caban., (and Heviipipo ejusd.). In the outer toes less 

 concrete, tlie tail somewhat long, and in habit receding from the 

 type of genus Pipra. 



Sp. Pifra pileata Natteeer, Temm. PI. col. 172, fig. i; — Pifra chloris 

 Natt., Temm. 1. 1. fig. a. 



Add sub-genera : Jodopleura Less., Calypitura Swains., Metopia 

 Swains, and Phcenicocercus Swains. 



Rupicola Beiss., Orinus Nitzsch. (Sp. of Pij^ra L.) Bill 

 moderate, compressed, curved, with gape large, covered at the base 

 by decomposed plumes ; upper mandible emarginate at the tip, 

 produced beyond the tip of lower. Nostrils lateral, basal, concealed 

 Tinder feathers. Orbicular crest, erect, compressed, composed of 

 lax feathers, extending from the base of bill over the head. Tarsi 

 strong, covered anteriorly with large scutes. Outer toes conjoined. 

 Wings long, with fourth and fifth quills subequal, longest of all, 

 first quill in males abruptly narrowed. Tail broad, moderate. 



Sj). Rupicola cayana Swains., Pipra rupicola L., Buff. PI. col. 39 male, 

 747 fern., Less. Ornitli. PI. 51, fig. 2, Gueb. Icon., Ois. PI. 16, fig. r, 

 Vosmaer Besckrijvivff van den Amerikaansclien Rotslman, Amsterdam 1 769, 

 4to. ; — Rupicola peruviana, Pipra peruviana Jjivm., Buff. PI. enl. 745. 



Galyptome,na Raffl. Bill short, broad at the base. Feathers 



incumbent on the bill, continued in a short, compressed crest over 



the head. Wings broad. Tail short, even or somewhat rounded. 



Sp. Rwpicola viriclis, Calyptomena viridis Eaffles, Hoksf., Temm. PL col. 



216, Cuv. R. ani., ed. ill., Ois PI. 60, fig. 2; Sumatra. All the other 



species of Rupicola hitherto known are American. 



Ampelis L. (exclus. of some species.) Cotinga Beiss., Geay. 

 Bill short, broad at the base, with culmen subarcuate; upper 

 mandible emarginate towards the tip, longer than lower. Nostrils 

 lateral, partly closed posteriorly by membrane, with the plumules 

 of the forehead continued up to the apertures of nostrils. Tarsi 

 moderate, covered anteriorly with transverse scutes, posteriorly with 

 small scales. Outer toes conjoined at the base only. Wings with 

 first three or four quills subequal, second mostly (or in females 

 fourth) longest of all. Tail moderate, even or subemarginate. 



