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Bangs, Collection of Birds from Chiriqui. 



TAuk 

 LOct. 



Characters. — A southern form of P. mentalis, distinguished bv the 

 red of the head being much more intense, less mixed with orange ; by 

 having deeper yellow thighs and under wing-coverts ; and by the black of 

 the body being rather more intense. 



Color. — Adult $ : Intense black; whole top and sides of head vivid 

 scarlet-vermilion, the bases of the feathers orange; chin and thig-hs 

 deep gamboge-yellow, in one or two specimens (very old ones?) shot with 

 orange-vermilion ; under wing-coverts pale lemon yellow; inner margins 

 of secondaries and tertials yellowish white. Adult $ : Above dull oil- 

 green ; throat, belly and under wing-coverts olive yellow; breast oil- 

 green ; thighs wax yellow ; primaries and secondaries and rectrices duskv, 

 margined with green ; inner margins of secondaries and tertials buffv 

 white. 



Measitremeftfs (in millimeters). 



Remark.';. — The type locality of true Pipra mentalis Scl. is Oaxaca, 

 Mexico. I have examined a large series of this form, from many points 

 in southern Mexico and northern Central America, and find very little 

 variation among them. I have also seen a large number of specimens of 

 the southern form, here named P. mentalis ignifera, from manv places in 

 southern Central America, and Chiriqui; they also differ very little 

 among themselves. The line between the two forms seems very sharply 

 drawn, though the characters that separate them ai-e slight, consisting 

 chiefly in the difterent shades of color of the head, thighs and under 

 wing-coverts of the male. These differences, however, are perfectly 

 constant, and are easily seen on comparison. 



Pipra velutina Berl. — Eighteen specimens, both sexes, Divala, October, 

 November and December. 



Pipra leucorrhoa Scl. — Three males, Divala, November and December. 

 "Iris brown."! 



! Note made by Mr. Brown from fresh specimens. 



