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Pipra Coronata, Spix. Braz. ii. t. 7. f. 1. 



Small ; coal-black ; crown and nape blue ; bill short, 

 pressed, slender ; body three inches and a half; tail 

 one inch and one third long. Brazil. 



Pipra Filicauda, Spix. Braz. ii. t. 8. 



f. 1. c? f. 2. $ . 



Moderate ; beneath yellow ; above black ; head and 

 nape purple ; female, green ; tail-feathers lengthened 

 filiform ; body five, tail four inches and a half long. 

 Brazil. 



Pipra Herhacea, Spix. Braz. ii. t. 8. 

 f. 1. 



Moderate ; bill very slender ; shining herbaceous green ; 

 belly yellowish white ; body three, tail one inch long. 

 Brazil. 



Pipra Elafa, Spix. Braz. ii. t. 80. f. 2. 



Small; olive-green beneath; pale yellowish green on 

 the sides ; orange in the middle ; wing-coverts yellow 

 tipt ; body three inches and a half, tail an inch and a 

 quarter long. Brazil. 



Is it Sylvia Elata or Cristata, Lath. ? and the Par- 

 danalotus of Vieil.with a very short, strong bill, dilated 

 on the sides, and rather blunt, and the first and second 

 quill the longest ? They are confined to the Indian and 

 Oceanic islands of the Old World. 



Striped-headed Manakin, Lath. Pipra Striata, Lath. 



Back, grayish-brown ; rump fulvous ; head black, 

 white-streaked ; wings and tail black, white-streaked ; 

 eye-streak yellow-white ; throat yellow ; chest and 

 belly white, varied with yellow. New Holland. 



