BIRDS OF WESTERN COLOMBIA. 1139 



" Iris brown, feet light red. maxilla light grey, mandible pale 

 red." 



This specimen confirms the characters of the subspecies origin- 

 ally based upon a male obtained by the late J, H. Batty in the 

 same region. The feathers of the coronal crest, w-hich have 

 exactly the same shape as in M. c. coronulatus of Western 

 Ecuador, being thickened at the end into a horny substance, 

 are dark bi-ownish red instead of light tobacco-bi"Own. 



M. c. hellus is well figured in Pelzeln and Madardsz's Monograph 

 of the Pipridfe, on plate v. In their joint communication * 

 Hartert and Hellmayr have pointed out that Salmon's Antioquia 

 specimen belongs to this form, calling attention to a misleading 

 statement in Sclater and Salvin's report in P. Z. S. 1879. J/, c. 

 hellus is as yet known only from the Western Cordillera of 

 Colombia. 



88. PiPRA MENTALIS MINOR Hart. 



[Pipra mentalis Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 299, pi. 121 (1857. 

 • — Cordova, Yera Cruz, Mexico).] 



Fipra mentalis minor Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 489 (1898. — 

 Cachabi, N.W. Ecuador).] 



No. 2225. 6 ad. Rio Cajon : 31.X.08.— Wing 60; tail 29; 

 bill 8 mm. 



No. 2098. 6 ad. Sipi : 21.ix.08.— Wing 60; tail 29; bill 



mm. 



Nos. 2002,2201. S 6 ad. Noanama : 22.viii, 19.X.08.— Wing 

 58, 57 ; tail 28, 29 ; bill 8, 8^ mm. 



Nos. 2207,2308, 2380. 23>1. S 6 ad. Novita : 18, 19.xi., 

 5, 9.xii.08.— Wing 57-58 ; tail 28-29 ; bill 8 mm. 



Nos. 2030, 2f92, 2430. S 6 juv. (plumage of female). 

 Noanama: 27.viii. ; Sipi: 14.x.; Novita: 23.xii.08. — Wing 60; 

 tail 29-301 ; bill 8|-9 mm. 



Nos. 2172,2226.$ $ ad. Sipi: 9.X.08 ; RioCajon: 31.X.08.— 

 Wing 59 ; tail 28, 30^ ; bill 8^-9 mm. 



" Iris white (in adult male), dark brown (in females and young 

 males), feet light brown or grey, maxilla dai-k brown, mandible 

 pale brown or pink." 



The adult males ngree, so far as coloration is concerned, with 

 typical birds from Northern Ecuador. The head is of the same 

 intense crimson hue, the gonydeal angle is but narrowly edged 

 with yellowish, and the inner secondaries only have slight 

 yellowish-white margins along the inner web. \A'hile the bill is 

 as small and short as in Ecuador specimens, in the length of the 

 wing and tail the Colombian birds approach P. m.. ignifera, 

 from Chiriqui and Costa Rica. The difl'erence in size, however, 

 is very slight and not constant enough to warrant their separation 

 from P. m. minor. Ten adult males from Western Ecuador 



* Oniitliologisclie MouatsbericlitC; xi. pp. 33-Co. 



