FAM. PIPRIDAS 9 
25. Pipra virescens Pelzeln. 
Pipra virescens Pelzeln, Zur Ornith. Brasil, Abt. 2, p. 187 (1868) (part. Gad. — Barra do Rio Negro). 
Tyranneutes brachyurus Sclater & Salvin, The Ibis 1881, p. 269 (Bartica Grove, Brit. Guyana). 
Hab. British Guyana, and North Brazil near Mandos (= Barra do Rio Negro). 
29. Pipra stolzmanni Hellmayr. 
Pipra stolzmanni Hellmayr. The Ibis, 1906, p. 44 (Marabitanas, Rio Negro). 
Hab. North Brazil: Upper Rio Negro (Marabitanas) and on the Rio Madeira; Eastern Peru; Eastern 
Ecuador ; Venezuela : on the Orinoco and its southern tributary, the Caura River; East Colom- 
bia : Bogota-collections. 
2. GENUS CIRRHIPIPRA BONAPARTE 
Cirrhipipra Bonaparte, Consp. Av. vol. 1, 1850, p. 172 (type : Pépra filicauda Spix). 
Synonym : Teleonema Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. t. 63 (1850) (same type). 
Characters. The typical species of this genus, in structural details agrees very closely 
with the members of the genus Pipra, but differs by the peculiar shape of the rectrices. The 
three outer pairs are much elongated and terminate in a long hair-like filament; the second and 
third in a less degree than the first; the three median pairs are of ordinary length, but pointed 
at the end, particularly the fourth (instead of being broad and rounded as in Pipra). This pecu- 
larity in the formation of the tail is common to both sexes. Mr. P. L. Sclater described a second 
species in which the three outer tail feathers are said to be acuminated and produced. This 
may be an individual character, but he also states that in C. heterocerca the breast is suffused 
with scarlet, and that the crimson colour of the nape descends lower down the back. In all the 
many oo of C. flicauda 1 have examined, the lower surface was clear yellow, rather deeper 
on the throat and foreneck than on the abdomen, but without any admixture of red. Unfortuna- 
tely the type of C. heterocerca is lost, and no second specimen has come to hand since. 
In C. flicauda the sexes are widely different in coloration. The adult ois beautiful crim- 
son on the top of the head and nape; back, wings and tail are black; a distinct frontal band, 
sides of the head and lower parts bright yellow. A broad band across the inner webs of the 
quills is white. In the female the upper parts are dull olive greenish, the lower ones pale 
yellow, shaded with greenish on throat and chest. No white band on the wings. 
Geographical Distribution. North Brazil, Venezuela, East Ecuador, Peru and 
Eastern Colombia. 
1. Cirrhipipra filicauda (Spix). (Plate 2, Fig. 3.) 
Pipra filicauda Spix, Avium Brasil. Vol. 2, p. 6, pl. 8, f. 2 (1825) (S. Paulo d’Olivenga, Rio Solimoéns). 
Pipra filifera Lesson, Kev. Zool, 1839, p. 40 (« Perua »). 
Pipra setifera Descourtilz, Ornith. Brésil. p. 35, pl. 40, f. 3 (1852) (Brésll). 
Hab. N. W. Brazil: Rio Solimoéns, Rio Negro; North Peru; East Ecuador; East Colombia (found in 
Bogota-coll.) ; Venezuela : on the Orinoco, and on Mount Bucarito, state of Tocuyo (Mocquerys-coll. 
in Mus. Tring). 
2. Cirrhipipra heterocerca (Sclater). 
Pipra heterocerca Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860, p. 313 («in ripis fl. Amazonum sup. »). 
Hab. Upper Amazonia, exact locality unknown. 
