Species of the Genus Pipra. 35 



12. Pipra exquisita. (Plate I.) 



Pipra exquisita Hellmayr, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI. xv. 

 p. 56 (March 1905), clescr. orig. $ 5 [Chuchurras, .Centr. 

 Peru] . 



Habitat. Central Peru : Chuchurras, Prov. Huanuco, 

 1260 feet (W.Hoffmanns coll.). W.Brazil: Rio Pimis, 

 at the mouth of the Bio Acre (in Mus. Para, fide 

 Goeldi). 



Typical locality. Chuchurras, Centr. Peru. 

 Type in Mus. Tring : " $ " ad. Chuchurras, July 1904; 

 coll. Hoffmanns. 



£ ad. (Chuchurras, Peru, July 1904 ; W. Hoffmanns coll. : 

 type of the species). — A narrow frontal band, lores, supra- 

 orbital region, and whole back dark green (between bottle- 

 and grass-green of Ridgway's INomencl. pi. x.). Crown and 

 occiput beautiful turquoise-blue, the base of the feathers 

 being dark green. Wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers 

 blackish, dark green like the back on the outer webs. 

 Cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat rather darker green ; fore- 

 neck and sides of breast green like the back ; middle of 

 breast, abdomen, and under-tail-coverts bright clear yellow. 

 Axillaries and under-wing-coverts dirty grey, with more 

 yellowish margins. Bill blackish, lower mandible dirty 

 whitish ; feet dark horn-brown ; iris " dark red " (W. 

 Hoffmanns, MS.). Wing 59! J tail 28; bill 8 mm. 



Two other males, same date and locality, agree in every 

 respect with the type. Their measurements are : — Wing 59, 

 58 ; tail 26|, 27 ; bill 7|, 8 mm. 



$ ad. (Chuchurras, Peru, July 1901; W. Hoffmanns 

 coll.). — Whole upper-parts, including crown and occiput, 

 uniform grass-green, rather lighter than in the male. Wings 

 and tail as in the latter. Lores yellowish green ; a narrow 

 rim round the eye pale yellowish ; cheeks and ear-coverts 

 dull greenish. Throat-feathers pale yellowish with dull 

 greenish tips ; across the chest a well-defined bright green 

 band, which is continued along the sides of the breast; 

 middle of the breast, abdomen, and under -tail -coverts 

 bright clear yellow. Axillaries and under-wing-coverts 



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