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dered by a membranous circle ; tarsus longer than the mid- 

 dle toe ; second and third wing-feathers longest. 



P. ventralis, Tern. Blue Berry-eater. Plumage azure blue, with 

 the forehead and jugulum black; body beneath white in the mid- 

 dle; sides with dusky transverse stripes; female greenish. 6 

 inches long. Inhabits Brazil. Tern. PI. Col. 5. fig. 1. 2. 



P. cyanotropiis, P. Max. Plumage above splendid azure or green, 

 beneath white ; wings and throat black. Inhabits Brazil Lath. 

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Gen. 19- RUPICOLA, Cuv. 



Bill of medium size, robust, slightly arched, bent at the point 

 and notched; lower mandible straight, pointed; nostrils basal, 

 lateral, ovoid, concealed by the semicircular feathers of the 

 tuft ; legs robust ; tarsus partly covered by feathers, and the 

 length of the intermediate toe ; the external toe united farther 

 than the second joint ; first wing-feather much elongated, fi- 

 liform. 



R. elegans, (Pipra rupicola, Lin.) Plumage saffron-orange ; quills 

 partly white, partly brown ; coverts locse and fringed ; crest erect, 

 semicircular, with purplish margin ; tail-coverts long, truncated. 

 Size of a Pigeon. Inhabits S. America. Briss. iv. t. 34, fig. 1. 



B, Peruviana, Tern. (Pipra, Lin.) Body reddish saffron-coloured ; 

 greater wing-coverts ash-coloured ; quills and tail black ; tail-co- 

 verts not truncated ; head crested. Rather larger than the pre- 

 ceding. Inhabits S. America. Buff. PL Enl 745. 



R. viridis, Tern. (Calyptamena, Raffles.) Plumage shining green, 

 with a spot on each side of the nape ; three oblique stripes on the 

 wings, and the quills, except the outer margins, dark-coloured. 

 Inhabits Sumatra. Tern. PI. Col. 216. 



Gen. 20. PHIBALURA, Vieill. 



Bill very short, a little conical, convex above, dilated on the 

 sides; upper mandible notched at the point, the lower straight; 

 nasal furrow very small, and the nostrils covered by a mem- 

 brane ; first and second wing-feathers longest ; tail long, slen- 

 der, much forked. 



P. flavirostris, Vieill. Plumage varied with black and rufuus; crown, 

 quills, and tail-feathers black ; occiput and throat rufous ; neck 

 behind and breast black and white ; abdomen spotted with black 

 and white. 8 inches long. Inhabits Brazil. Tern. PI. Col. 118. 



Gen. 21. PIPRA, Lin. 



Bill trigonal, short, widened at the base, compressed and not- 

 ched ; nostrils basal, lateral, open, half concealed by a fea- 

 thered membrane ; wings and tail short ; two exterior toes 

 united at about half their length ; third and fourth wing-fea- 

 thers longest. 



