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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[FAKT IV. 



Family 39a.— OXYEHAMPHIDiE. (1 Genus, 2 Species.) 



General Dibtribution. 



The genus Oxyrhamphus (2 sp.) which ranges from BrazH to 

 Costa Kica, has usually been placed in the Dendrocolaptidse ; 

 but Messrs Sclater and Salvin consider it to be the type of a 

 distinct family group, most allied to the Tyrannidae. 



Family 40.— PIPEIDiE. (15 Genera, 60 Species.) 



The Pipridae, or Manakins, have generally been associated 

 with the next family, and they have a very similar distribution. 

 Tlie great majority of the genera and species are found in the 

 equatorial regions of South America, only 9 species belonging 

 to 5 genera ranging north of Panama, while 2 or 3 species ex- 

 tend to the southern limit of the tropical forests in Paraguay 

 and Brazil. The genera which go north of Panama are Pipntes, 

 Pipra, Chiroxiphia, Chiromachwris, and Hetoropclma. Pipra is 

 the largest genus, containing 19 species, and having representa- 

 tives throughout the whole range of the family. As in all the 

 more extensive families peculiar to the Neotropical region, the 

 distribution of the genera will be found in the tables appended 

 to the chapter on the Neotropical region in the Third Part of 

 this work. (Vol. II. p. 103). 



