26 Mr. C. E. Hellmayr on the 



7 a. PlPRA LEUCOCILLA CORACINA. 



Pipra coracina Sclater, P.Z. S. 1856, p. 29, descr. orig. $ $ 

 [Bogota coll.] ; id. P.Z. S. 1858, p. 71 [Rio Napo] ; Tacz- 

 anowski, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 22 [Chirimoto, N. Peru] ; id. Orn. 

 Perou, ii. (1884) p. 342 [Chirimoto and Huambo, N. Peru]. 



Pipra leucocilla (nee Linnseus !) Sclater, P. Z. S. 1854, 

 p. 114 [Quixos, E. Ecuador] ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 152 

 [Bogota coll.] ; Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 751 

 [part., Chyavetas, E. Peru] ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 283 [part., 

 Chyavetas] ; Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. (1888) 

 p. 297 [part., Veragua, Bogota, Ecuador] ; Salvadori & Festa, 

 Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. no. 362 (1899) p. 14 [Gualaquiza, 

 E. Ecuador] ; Goodfellow, Ibis, 1901, p. 709 [Baeza, East 

 Ecuador] . 



Habitat. Colombia : Bogota coll. (in Mus. Brit., Ber- 

 lepsch, Tring, &c). Eastern Ecuador: Baeza, 5900 feet 

 (Goodfellow & Hamilton coll.) ; Gualaquiza (Festa coll.) ; 

 Sarayacu (Buckley coll., in Mus. Brit.); Quijos {fide Sclater) ; 

 Rio Napo {fide Sclater, ex Verreaux). North Peru: 

 Chyavetas (Bartlett coll.) ; Guayabamba, 5500 feet (O. T. 

 Baron coll., Mus. Tring) ; N. Loreto, 3600 feet (G. A. Baer 

 coll., Mus. Tring) ; Chirimoto, 5400 feet, and Huambo, 

 3700 feet (Stolzmann coll.). Central Peru : Chuchurras, 1 

 near Pozuzo, prov. Huanuco, 1260 feet (W. Hoffmanns coll., 

 Mus. Tring). 



Typical locality. Bogota (trade-collections). 



Types. $ ? in Mus. Brit, ex coll. P. L. Sclater. 

 $ ad. — Only distinguishable from the typical form by its 

 rather larger size, and especially the longer tail. As in typical 

 P. leucocilla, the feathers of the occiput are but slightly 

 elongated and blackish at the base. Wing 65-70 ; tail 

 30-34 ; bill 9-10 mm. 



? . — Easily known from that of the typical form by its 

 longer tail and by having the head and neck of a pure slaty- 

 grey colour without any trace of greenish. The breast and 

 sides are much deeper olive- green, only the throat and 



1 Chuchurras, a small village not far from Pozuzo, is situated on the 

 Rio Pozuzo where it drains into the R. Palcazu. 



