10 Mr. C. E. Hellmayr on the 



Cruz de la Sierra (D'Orbigny) ; Falls of the Bio Madeira 

 (Rusby coll. 1 ). Central Brazil, Mattogrosso: Villa 

 Maria, Engenho do Gama, R. Guapore, Villa Bella de 

 Mattogrosso, Sao Vicente (Natterer coll. 2 ) ; Chapada (H. H. 

 Smith coll. :! ) ; Goiaz {Natterer 2 ) ; North S. Paulo : Rio 

 Parana (Natterer 11 ) ; Faz. Cayoa (Herapel coll., $ S ? ? in 

 Mus. Tring) ; Minas Geraes : Rio Jordao, Province Ara- 

 guay (A. Robert coll., 3 S c?in Mus. Tring). N.E. Brazil : 

 Rio Tocantins (Wallace coll. 4 ). East Peru: Ucayali (E. 

 Bartlett coll. 5 ) ; Central Peru : Chuchurras, prov. Hua- 

 nuco (W. Hoffmanns coll., 3 S 6 in Mus. Tring). 



Typical locality. Yuracares, E. Bolivia. 



Type in Mus. Paris ex coll. D'Orbigny. 



$ ad. (Mus. Vindob. no. 15046, Villa Maria, Mattogrosso ; 

 coll. Natterer). — Top of the head and nape crimson with 

 the bases of the feathers pale yellow, this colour being more 

 visible on the nape ; forehead, lores, cheeks, and anterior 

 part of throat distinctly yellow; lower throat, ear-coverts, 

 sides of neck, and whole breast clear yellow with broad 

 crimson tips ; abdomen and under-tail-coverts clear yellow, 

 the latter with a distinct black terminal band. Back and 

 upper-wing-coverts velvety black ; quills rather duller black 

 with a broad white band across the inner webs. Tail 

 black, crossed by a broad white baud, which is slightly 

 tinged with yellowish on the outer webs. Bend and edge 

 of the wing bright yellow ; axillaries and under-wing- 

 coverts pale yellowish. Iris white ; feet and bill dark 

 violet (A. Robert, MS.), in dried skins reddish black. 

 Wing 65; tail 31 ; bill 11 mm. 



? ad. — Exactly like the ? of typical P. aureola and only 

 distinguishable by its rather more yellowish-olive (less 

 greenish) upper surface and decidedly brighter yellow middle 

 of the abdomen. Wing 62-65 ; tail 29-32; bill 10-11 mm. 



1 Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. ii. (1889) p. 87. 



2 Pelzeln, Zur Ornith. Bras. ii. (1868) p. 127. 



3 Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. v. (1893) p. 109. 

 i Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 579. 



5 lid. P.Z.S. 1873, p. 282. 



