Species of the Genus Pipra. 31 



Habitat. Costa Rica : Pozo Azul Pirris (Underwood coll., 

 Mus. Trin«) ; Boruca (Cherrie coll., Mus. Tring) . Chiriqui : 

 Volcaa de Chiriqui 1 (Arce coll.) ; Bugaba l (Arce coll.) ; 

 Divala 2 (W. W. Brown coll.). Veragua: Santiago de 

 Veragua 3 (Arce coll.). Panama: Lion Hill Station 4 

 (McLeannan coll.). W. Colombia: Medellin, Remedios, 

 Neche in Autioquia 5 (T. K. Salmon coll.); Yuntas, Rio 

 Dagua, 1200 feet (Raap coll., Mus. Tring). N.W. Ecuador : 

 Cachabi 6 , 200 feet (W. F. H. Rosenberg coll.), San Javier, 

 GO feet (G. Flemniing coll., Mus. Triug, Vindob.). 



Typical locality. Veragua. 



Type in Mus. H. v. Berlepsch : J 1 ad. ex Veragua, coll. 

 Ribbe. 



cJ ad. (Chiriqui). — Feathers of the crown and occiput, 

 except the blackish bases, bright ultramarine-blue; broad 

 frontal band and whole body above and below deep velvety- 

 black. Axillaries and under-wing-coverts rather duller, more 

 brownish black. Bill black ; feet blackish brown. Iris dark 

 red (W. F. H. Rosenberg, MS.). Wing 64; tail 27; bill 

 9 mm. 



? ad. (Bogava, Chiriqui, Nov. 6, 1903; H. Watson coll., 

 Mus. Tring). — Top of the head and back dark grass-green; 

 wing- and tail-feathers dusky, outwardly margined with pale 

 green, much paler and more yellowish than the back. Sides 

 of the head and under-surface dull greenish, the throat 

 underlaid with dirty greyish ; middle line of abdomen and 

 under-tail- coverts pale dirty yellowish. Axillaries and under- 

 wing-coverts dirty greyish, sometimes narrowly margined 

 with pale greenish yellow. Bill blackish, lower mandible 

 yellowish grey ; feet blackish brown ; iris dark red (Watson, 

 MS.). Wing 61± ; tail 28; bill 9£ mm. 



Adult males from different localities present no variations 

 in colour; perhaps those from S.W. Colombia and N.W. 



1 P. cyaneocapilla Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 200. 



J P. velutina Bangs, Auk, xviii. (1901) p. 384. 



s P. cyaneocapilla Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 149. 



4 P. cyaneocapilla Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 18G4, p. 362. 



• P. cyaneocapilla iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 517. 



« P. velutina Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. (1898) p. I 



