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but little shorter than the longest (outermost). Its length is about three-fifths of that of the 
wing. In the wing, the third and fourth primaries form the tip, the second and fifth are rather 
shorter, while the first falls between the sixth and seventh. Sexes similar except in C. wiicolor 
where the male is glossy black, the female dull green, Nothing is known about habits and 
nidification. 
Geographical Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and British Guiana. 
MEY TO DEAE SPECIES SAN DES Si A@inS 
1. Plumage glossy black, axillaries and a large tuft of silky feathers on 
the sides of the byeast snowiupiie a.) =.) 4) oe CUNTCOLORNG 
— No black whatever in the plumage 2. 
2. Top of the head more or less bright yellow, breast and abdomen light 
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— Head green like the back ‘Shag cans 
3. Axillaries and a large tuft of silky white feathers on the sides of the 
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breast pure white >. UNICOLOR Q. 
— Axillaries not white. No white tuft on the sides of the breast. . . . . » «. «© «» «© «© « « «© « Ae 
4. Larger (wing 78-So, tail 55-58 mm.). Axillartes pale yellowish, 
A MUA UC Se ee a ob 6 ob 6) go 2. C. UNIFoRMIS GQ. 
— Smalley (wing 65-72, tail 42-49 mm.). Axillaries greyish green 5 
5. Upper parts bright grass green . . . . . . . . . . . 3. C, HOLOCHLORA HOLOCHLORA OF QO. 
=——iUipper parisiaullolive prem. . © 6 Aa i a = - » 4 Ca HonocHroRrAMmimmGiOr 
.. Chloropipo flavicapilla (Sclater). (Plate 1, Fig. 4.) 
Pipra flavicapilla Sclater, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 9 (Colombia). 
Chloropipo flavicollis Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Heinean. Vol. 2, p. 91 (1859) 
Hab. Colombia : Cauca valley, and in Bogota-collections. 
2. Chloropipo uniformis Salvin & Godman. 
Chloropipo uniformis Salvin & Godman, The Ibis, 1884, p. 447 (Roraima, British Guiana). 
Hab. Mountains of the interior of British Guiana (Roraima, Merumé, Twek-quey). 
3. Chloropipo holochlora holochlora Sclater. 
Chloropipo holochlora Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 15, p. 287 (1888) (Bogota-callections). 
Hab. Eastern Colombia (Bogota-coll.), Eastern Ecuador and Northern Peru (Chyavetas). 
4. Chloropipo holochlora lita Hellmayr. 
Chloropito holochlora litae Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. Vol. 13, p. 325 (1906) (Lita, N. W. Ecuador), 
Hab. N. W. Ecuador (Cachavi, Ventana, Lita, Paramba) and S. W. Colombia (Pasto in the Cauca valley). 
5. Chloropipo unicolor Taczanowski. 
Chloropipo unicolor Taczanowski, Orn. Perou, Vol. 2, p. 335 (1884) (Amable Maria, Central Peru, descr. 9). 
Xenopipo subalaris Godman, Bull. Brit. Orn, Club. Vol. 10, p. 27 (1899) (Guayabamba, North Peru, descr. g 9); 
cfr, Hellmayr, Novit. Zool. Vol. 13, p. 324 (1906). 
Hab. Mountains of Central and North Peru. 
5. GENUS PIPRITES CABANIS 
Piprites Cabanis, Arch. f. Naturg. Vol. 13, 1, 1847, p. 234 (species unica : Pifra pileata TYemminck), 
Synonym : Hemipipo Cabanis, ibidem, p. 234 (species : Pzpra chloris Temminck and Hemzipipo chlo- 
vion Cabanis.) 
