30 Mr. C. E. Hellmayr on the 



(Jelski coll.) ; La Gloria and La Merced * (Kalinowski coll.) ; 

 Pozuzo, pro v. Huanuco, 2400 to 2850 feet elev. (W. 

 Hoffmanns coll., Mus. Tring). S.E. Peru: Cosnipata 2 

 (H. Whitely coll.) ; Huaynapata, Marcapata (Kalinowski 

 coll., Mus. Vindob.) ; Bio Huacamayo, Carabaya, 3100 feet 

 elev. (Ockenden coll., Mus. Tring) ; Cuzco, Marcapata, 

 3100 feet (O. Garlepp coll., Mus. v. Berlepsch and Tring). 



As typical locality selected : Central Peru. 



Type in Mus. Neuchatel ex coll. J. J. von Tschudi. 



<? ad. (Pozuzo, Huanuco, Peru, April 1904; W. Hoff- 

 manns coll.). — Uniform velvety black; top of the head 

 beautiful Nile-blue on forehead and crown, decidedly darker 

 cerulean blue on occiput ; lower rump and upper-tail- 

 coverts azure-blue, the bases of the feathers black. Axillaries 

 and under-wing-coverts black. Bill black, lower mandible 

 paler ; feet black ; iris red-brown (Ockenden and Hoffmanns, 

 MS.). Wing 53£ ; tail 22; bill 8 mm. 



? ad. (La Gloria, Centr.JPeru ; Mus. Branicki) . — Upper- 

 parts dark grass-green ; quills and tail-feathers blackish with 

 brio-lit green margins. Lores and sides of the head rather 

 darker and duller green than the back. Throat, chest, and 

 sides dull greenish, a little underlaid with yellowish; middle 

 of breast, abdomen, axillaries, and under-wing-coverts pale 

 yellowish. Bill and feet as in the male. Wing 54 ; tail 24; 

 bill 8 mm. — Not distinguishable from the females of P. coro- 

 nata and P. velutina. 



There is very little variation in a good series of males. 

 Two examples from S.E. Peru have the rump perhaps a little 

 darker blue than those from Huanuco. I have taken the 



following measurements : — Wing. Tail. Bill. 



mm. mm. mm. 



6 males from Pozuzo, Huanuco 51|-54 21-24 7-8 



2 males from Marcapata 53 23, 24 7-8 



10. PlPRA VELUTINA. 



Pipra velutina Berlepsch, Ibis, 1883, p. 492, descr. orig. J 

 [Veragua, coll. Ribbe] . 



> Berl. & Stolzm. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 368. 

 2 Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 780, 782. 



