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tail-feathers long, blue ; feet reddish ; length six inches 

 and a half 



P. Militaris, Shaw's Misc. t. 849. 

 P. Rubrifrons, Vieil. 



Black, beneath white ; forehead and rump red ; tail, 

 two middle feathers longest, pointed ; bill blackish ; 

 feet yellow. 



P. Melanocephala, Vieil. 



Head, primary quills, and tail black ; rump, wing- 

 coverts, and tail above red ; cheeks and throat ashy ; 

 body beneath white ; two middle tail-feathers longer, 

 acute ; bill brown ; feet gray. South America. 



And the genus Phibalura of Vieillot, which has 

 the bill very short, strong, and conical, convex, the 

 tail slender, very long, and forked ; only one species is 

 known, found in South America, appearing to unite 

 the Pipra with the Tanagers. 



Phibalura Flavirostris, Vieil. An. 

 ei Gal. Ois. t. 74. P. Crisopogon, 111. MSS. PI. Col. 

 1. 118. 



Varied, black and reddish above ; crown, quills and 

 tail black; occiput and throat red-brown ; back of neck, 

 chest black and white ; belly spotted black and white. 

 Brazil. 



P. Cristatus, Swain. Zool. 111. i. t. 31. 



The genus Pachycephala of Swain son is peculiar for 

 the puffed-out feathers of the head; the bill is broad 

 based, and with a few weak bristles at the base ; the 

 wings are rounded, and the tail moderate and nearly 

 equal. 



