546 AVt!i. 



Pliihaluraflavirostrh.—The Yellow-Billed Pliibalura. Plate xxix**. fig. 3. 

 Back sulpliur-yellow, transversely barred with black ; abdomen and breast 

 white, barred with sulphur-yellow, and longitudinal lines of black ; crissum 

 yellow ; head having a black crest, with crimson spots ; ophthalmic region 

 black 9 gula yellow ; coUum white, with transverse black bars ; tail feathers 

 olive-green at the base, and black at the tips, much forked. Eight iuches 

 long. Inhabits Brazil. 



Genus 22.— PIPRA. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character. — Bill trigonal, short, expanded at the base ; com. 

 pressed and notched at the point ; nostrils basal, lateral, half concealed by a 

 membrane which is slightly feathered j wings and tail short ; the two ex- 

 terior toes attached to the middle one for half their length ; third and fourth 

 wing feathers longest. 



Pipra Serena.— Tl\e White-Fronted Manakin. Plate xlvii*. fig. 8. Back 

 throat, pectus, tail, and wiugs, black ; venter and crissum rich golden, 

 yellow, with a patch of the same on the centre of the pectus ; tergum 

 royal blue; front white; bill black; legs and feet dusk-gray; irides chest- 

 nut. 



Genus 23.— PARI) AhOTUS—rieillot. 



Generic Character. — Bill very short, thick, dilated at the base ; with a 

 distinct ridge ; mandibles of equal length, strong, convex, and somewhat ob- 

 tuse at tip, the upper one being notched ; nostrils lateral, basal, covered by 

 a membrane ; legs slender ; tarsus longer than the middle toe. 



Pardalotus striatus. — The Streaked Manakin. Plate xxxii*. fig. 2. Gray- 

 ish-brown above, cream-coloured below; top of the head black, with white 

 stripes ; between the bill and the eye a rich yellow spot ; secondaries of the 

 wings yellow at the tips. Four inches and a half long. Inhabits Van Die- 

 uieu's Land. 



Genus 2i.—TOD\JS.—Li7incEus. 



Generic Character. — Bill long, mandibles much depressed ; point of upper 

 mandible straight, and cleft at the tip ; the lower mandible obtuse and 

 truncated ; nostrils open and round ; base of bill beset with long nuchal 

 bristles ; toes lateral, unequal ; the external one attached to the third joint, 

 the internal to the second phalange ; wings short, with the fourth quill the 

 longest. 



Todus viridis.— The Green Tody. Plate xxxii*. fig. 4. Upper parts of a 

 warm yellowish-green ; white below ; throat scarlet, pectus silver-gray ; cris. 

 sum yellow ; axillae and middle wing-coverts verdigris blue ; upper mandible 

 skin-colour, lower mandible pale yellow; legs ochre-yellow. Three iuches 

 and a half long. Inhabits North America. 



Genus 25.— PL ATYRHYNCHOS.— Z)e«nnrrei<. 



Generic CJiaracter.—B'dl broader than the face, and dilated at the base, 

 expanding at the side, where it is greatly depressed and beset with nuchal 

 hairs ; nostrils round, covered by a feathered membrane ; tarsus longer than 

 the middle toe, to which the exterior oue is united as far as the first phalange ; 

 nail of the hallux strong and a little hooked ; third and fourth quills the 

 longest. 



