14 Mr. C. E. Hellmayr on the 



1889, p.364 [Meco and Mugeres Isl.,off the coast of Yucatan] ; 

 Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 1893 (publ. 1894), 

 p. 509 [Escondido River, Nicaragua] ; Salvin & Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. (1890) p. 108 [part. : Mexico, 

 Brit. Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua]. 



Pipra mentalis mentalis O. Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 

 Cambridge (Mass.), xxxix. (1903) p. 149 [Ceiba: Honduras]. 

 Habitat. Eastern Mexico : Cordova, Vera Cruz (Salle 

 coll.) ; Playa Vicente, Oaxaca (Boucard coll.) ; Teapa, 

 Tabasco (H. H. Smith coll., Mus. Brit.) ; Tizimin, Yucatan 

 (Gaumer coll., Mus. Brit.) ; Meco and Mugeres Island, 

 off the coast of Yucatan (Gaumer coll.). Guatemala: 

 Choctum and sources of the Rio de la Pasion in Vera 

 Paz (Salvin coll.). British Honduras : Orange Walk 

 (Gaumer coll.); Cayo (Blancaneaux coll.). Honduras: 

 Ceiba (W. W. Brown, jr., coll.) ; Chamelicon River (G. 

 Whitely coll.) ; Segovia R. (Townsend coll.). Nicaragua : 

 Chontales (Belt coll.); Escondido River [=Bluefields R.] 

 (Richmond coll.) ; La Libertad (W. B. Richardson coll., 

 Mus. Brit.). 



Typical locality. Cordova, Vera Cruz, East Mexico. 

 Types. $ $ from Cordova, coll. Salle, in Mus. Brit. 

 $ ad. (Coban, Vera Paz, Guatemala) . — Top and sides of 

 the head and nape clear crimson-red, the bases of the 

 feathers pale yellowish ; front and anterior part of the crown 

 rather lighter, more orange-red than the occiput and nape. 

 A large chin-spot and thighs pale yellow. Under-wing- 

 coverts and axillaries yellowish white, the under-primary- 

 coverts black. Rest of body above and beneath glossy black ; 

 quills dull black, with very distinct yellowish-white edges to 

 the inner webs. Base of tail-feathers slightly edged with 

 -white interiorly. Bill pale brownish, lower mandible 

 whitish ; feet pale brownish. Wing 58-62 ; tail 29-30 ; 

 bill 9 mm. 



$ . — Similar to that of P. rubrocapilla, but dull greenish 

 olive, not so greyish, on the under-parts and the axillaries 

 pale yellowish (not whitish). Wing 58-60; tail 28-30; 

 bill 9 mm. 



