1 140 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



(including type) measure as follows : — wing 55 (twice) to 58 ; tail 

 26-28 ; bill 8-9 mm. 



P, m. minor thus ranges from Ecuador northwards over the 

 Pacific lowlands of Western Colombia. 



89. PiPRA CORONATA VELUTINA Berl. 



\_Pipt~a coronata Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 5, pi. vii. fig. 1 (1825. — 

 S. Paulo d'01iven(;a).] 



Pijwa velutina Berlepsch, Ibis, 1883, p. 492 (1883. — Yeragua). 



P . cyaneocapilla (nee Hahn) Sclater & Sahdn, P. Z. S, 1879, 

 p. 517 (Medellin, Remedios, E,. Neche, Antioquia). 



Nos. 2301, 2316, 2340, 2365, 2401. d S ad. Novita : 17, 20, 

 26.xi., 3, 15.xii.08. 



Nos. 2118, 2105, 2146, 2156, 2182, 2241. S S ad. Sipi : 22, 

 24.ix., 1, 2, 3, 12.X.08. 



No. 2030. c^ ad. Noanama : 26.xi.08. 



No. 2239. 6 ad. Rio Cajon : 4.xi.08. 



Nos. 2031, 2040, 2058,2216. 6 6 juv. Noanama : 28, Sl.viii., 

 4.ix., 22.X.08. 



No. 1964. 6 juv. S. Joaquim : 4.viii.08. No. 2160. J juv. 

 Sipi: 6.X.08. 



Nos. 2311, 2334, 2361, 2362, 2366. $ ? ad. Novita: 19, 

 24.xi., 1, 3.xii.08. 



Nos. 2121,2124, 2173. 5 $ ad. Sipi: 25, 28.ix, 9.x.08. 



No. 1965. 5 ad. S. Joaquim : 4.viii.08. 



" Iris dark red (in adult males), dark brown (in females and 

 young males), feet black, maxilla black, mandible blue." 

 S S ad. : wing 55^-58 ; tail 24-26 ; bill 7-8 mm. 

 2 $ ad. : wing 55-58 ; tail 25-28 ; bill 7^-8| mm. 



In 'The Ibis' for 1906, pp. 31-32, I have already alluded to 

 the smaller size of specimens from N.W. Ecuador and Western 

 Colombia. All of the many skins procured by Mr. Palmer have 

 much smaller bills and decidedly shorter wings than a series from 

 Chiriqui and Costa Rica. In the adult males the black of the 

 plumage is also somewhat deeper. Although I feel pretty sure 

 that the southern birds constitute a separable race, yet I should 

 like to examine a series from Yeragua, the tyjje locality, before 

 making an}' formal separation. 



Specimens from different localities measure as follows : — 



Males. Wing. Tail. Bill. 



mm. mm. mm. 



10: Chiriqui 62-64 27-29 9-9^ 



4 : W. Costa Rica 62-64 27-28 9-9^ 



3 : Panama (Railway) 58-59 26-27 7-7^ 



14: W. Colombia 55-58 24^-26 7-8 



7 : N.W. Ecuador 55-57 25-27 7|-8 



Females. 



4 : Chiriqui and Costa Rica 61^-63 28-30 9^-10 



10 : W. Colombia 54|-57 25-27 7|-8 



3 : N.W. Ecuador 55-56 26 7-8 



