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Description. Above blue ; cap scarlet ; sides of head, nape, and wings black ; 

 tail black edged with bluish, two middle rectrices lengthened ; beneath blue ; 

 throat, crissmn, and under wing-coverts black ; biU and feet reddish : whole 

 length 6-0 inches, wing 3-1 , tail 2-5. Female green, cap scarlet. 



Hob. S.E. Brazil, Paraguay, arid N.E. Argentina. 



White obtained two or three males and one female of this Manikin 

 in the forests of Misiones, on the banks of the Uruguay. One of his 

 specimens is now in the British Museum. 



Fam. XV. COTINGIDJE, OR COTINGAS. 



The Cotingidae are another characteristic Neotropical family, mostly 

 of splendid plumage, and nearly altogether confined within the limits 

 of the tropics. Two stragglers only, belonging to the more obscure 

 sections of the group, are as yet known to occur within the confines of 

 Argentina, though it is quite probable that others may be found later 

 on, when the northern forests are more completely explored. 



173. PACHYRHAMPHUS POLYCHROPTERUS (Vieill.). 

 (WHITE-WINGED BfiCARD.) 



Pachyrhamphus polychropterus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 66; Durnford, 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 61 (Buenos Ayres). 



Description. Above cinereous, upper back blackish ; cap shining black ; 

 wings black, margins of coverts and secondaries white ; tail black, four outer 

 pairs of rectrices tipped with white ; beneath cinereous, paler on the middle of 

 the belly ; under wing-coverts pale grey ; bill and feet blackish : whole length 

 6'5 inches, wing 3'0, tail 2'Q. Female above dull green, below yellowish; 

 wings margined with rufous. 



Hob. South Brazil, Paraguay, and N.E. Argentina. 



This pretty little bird, the only species of the large South- American 

 family Cotingidce with which I am acquainted, comes as far south as 

 Buenos Ayres, but is very scarce. It lives in woods, and is a shy, 

 solitary bird, with nothing in its flight and general appearance to dis- 

 tinguish it from a Tyrant-bird. When flying, it utters a whistling 

 note. 



