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In life the eye is cream color; maxilla black, mandible plumbeous; 

 feet heliotrope purple. 



PiPRA ERYTHROCEPHALA ERYTHROCEPHALA (Liimaeus). 



[Pariis] evythroccphalus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 191. 

 Pipra erythrocephala Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 53 ; Hellmayr. Ibis, 

 1906. p. 20. 



In ascending the river this species was first met with near the mouth 

 of the river Meta, at a point called Somborge, while from the falls of 

 Atures, as far up as I worked, it was abundant. 



It is recorded by Berlepsch and Hartert from various points on the 

 Caura River, and Hellmayr includes Guanoco, Orinoco Delta in the 

 habitat. 



Adults in life have the eye creamy white; bill pearl white; feet 

 pearl grey. 



PiPRA PIPRA PIPRA (Linnaeus.) 



[Parus] pipra L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, I. 1758. p. 190. 



Pipra leucocilla Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 53 ; Hellmayr, Ibis, 1906, 



P- 23. 



Not observed by the writer on the Orinoco proper, but included in 

 Berlepsch and Hartert's paper, the Tring Museum having received speci- 

 mens from Suapure, La Pricion and Nicare on the Caura River. 



Pipra aureola aureola (Linnaeus). 



[Panis] aureola L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. I, 1758. p. 191. 



Pipra aureola Hellmayr, Ibis. 1906. p. 6 (Guanoco, Orinoco Delta). 



A single specimen of this species, an adult female, was collected at 

 Las Barrancas in the delta region July 31, 1907. It was not observed 

 at other points visited by the writer. It had been previously recorded, 

 however, from Guanoco, also in the Orinoco Delta. 



Tyranneutes stolzmanni (Hellmayr), 



Pipra stolamamn Hellm.. Ibis, 1906. p. 44. (Type ex Marabitanas, Rio 



Negro) — Nericagua, Orinoco; Suapure, Caura Riv. 

 Pipra virescens (nee. Pelz.) ; Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 53. 



Collected on the upper Orinoco, at Nericagua, by the writer. Re- 

 ported also from points on the Caura by Berlepsch and Hartert. 



