428 CLASS AVES. 



Others are found in the Indian Islands ; they form 

 the genus Calyptomena of Raffles. 



Calyptomena Viridis, Hors. PI. Col. 

 t. 216. 

 Beautiful green. Java. 



The True Manakins, (Pipra. Cuv.) 



are small, and all remarkable for lively colours. 



They inhabit, in small flocks, the humid forests. 



Divided into the Pipra of Vieillot, which are con- 

 fined to South America, which have the bill short, 

 rather broad at the base, and compressed at the end, the 

 third and fourth quill the longest. 



Of these some have the tail even. 



Pipra Pareola, Lath. PI. Enl. t. 687. 

 f. 2. 303. f. 2. P. Superba, Pallas, Spic. 1. t. 3. f. 1. 



Black ; crown erectile, yellow-red ; back pale-blue ; 

 primaries brownish. Brazil. 



Female, olive-green ; beneath glaucous. Brazil. 



Pipra Erythrocephala, Lin. PI. Enl. 

 t. 34. f. L P. Aurocapilla, Licht. 



Black ; crown and thighs fulvous. Brazil. 



Differs from Manacus Rubrocapilla in the weaker 

 bill and short tail. 



Pipra Aureola, Lin. PI. Enl. t. 34. 

 f. 3. and t. 302. f. 2. 



Black ; head and chest scarlet ; quill with a white spot j 

 face fulvous ; belly reddish ; female olive. 



