PIPRIDyE. 



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Both the Rupicolae inhabit America : tliey feed 

 on fruits ; are said to scratch the ground like poultry : 

 form their nests in deep cavernous recesses, and the 

 females deposit two eggs. 



Sp. 1 . Ru. elegans. 



Pipra rupicola. Steph. v. x.^>. 9. 

 Sp. 2. Ru." Peruviana. 



Pipra Peruviana. Steph. v. x. p. ] 0. 



GENUS CXXV.— CALYPTOMENA, Raffles. 



Rostrum, depressum, basi la- 

 • turn, apice adunco ; pennis 

 capitis subtectum. 



Nar.es rotunda. 

 Lingua brevis. 

 Pedes gressorii. 



Rupicola, Temm. 



Beak depressed, broad at the 

 base, hooked at the tip; 

 partly covered by the fea- 

 thers of the head. 



Nostrils rounded. 



Tongue short. 



Legs gressorial. 



Sp. 1. Ca. viridis. Linn. Trans. (Raffles,) xiii. 295. 



Ca. viridis nitens, macula utrinque ad latus nuchce ; Jasciis alarum 



tribus obliqids, remigibusque prceler marginem exteriorem atris. 

 Shining-green Calyptomena, with a spot on each side of the nape ; 



three oblique stripes on the wings, and the quills, except the 



outer margins, dark-coloured. 

 Rupicola viridis. Temm. PI. Col. 216. 



" Length six inches and a 



Inhabits Sumatra, 

 half : the colour is a beautiful green : the head is 

 rather large, and its feathers are directed forwards 

 from each side in such a manner as nearly to conceal 

 the beak, giving the face a very peculiar appearance : 



v. xiii. p. it. 17 



