Species of the Genus Pipra. 7 



of the so-called " Trinidad " or " Orinoco " make. Neither 

 Chapman nor Andre met with the bird on the island, 

 although the latter gentleman transmitted several thousand 

 skins to the Tring Museum. The occurrence of P. aureola 

 in Trinidad is therefore not yet ascertained. 



<$ ad. (near Paramaribo, Surinam, 22.1.03; coll. Chun- 

 koo). — Top of the head, nape, sides of the neck, fore-neck, 

 and breast bright scarlet, the bases of the feathers creamy 

 white ; a distinct frontal band, lores, cheeks, and fore part 

 of the throat orange-yellow, only the very tips of some of 

 the feathers being red. Back and upper-wing-coverts 

 velvety black; quills rather duller black, with a broad white 

 band across the inner webs. Tail-feathers black, the outer- 

 most pair with a narrow white stripe along the shaft at the 

 base of the outer web. Abdomen and under-tail-coverts 

 black, the former pale red in the middle. Thighs whitish, 

 pale yellowish at the tips. Axillaries and under-wing- 

 coverts pale yellowish, edge of the wing bright yellow. 

 Bill black ; feet dark red. Wing 62-65 ; tail 28-32 ; 

 bill 10-11 mm. 



? ad. (near Paramaribo, Surinam, 12.4.01 ; coll. Chun- 

 koo). — Upper surface dull greenish olive; wing-coverts, 

 quills, and tail-feathers dark brown with greenish-olive 

 edges. Throat dull olive-yellow ; fore-neck and sides of the 

 belly dull greenish olive, the former shaded with yellowish ; 

 middle line of the abdomen pale olive-yellowish. Axillaries 

 and under-wing-coverts yellowish white. Upper mandible 

 blackish brown ; lower jaw paler brown, brownish white at 

 the base. No white band across the remiges. Wing 63-65; 

 tail 31-33; bill 10-11 mm. 



Prof. Steere marks the iris as white in both sexes. 



There is a certain amount of individual variation in the 

 shade of the red and in the extent of the yellow colour on 

 the head. Some specimens have the whole throat and a 

 broad frontal band orange-yellow, while in others the latter 

 is barely indicated and only a spot on the chin is clear yellow. 

 I have both varieties from Surinam and the Rio Negro. 

 One S a d. from Palheta (Para), several from Surinam, and 



