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Geographical Distribution. From Eastern Mexico (state of Vera Cruz) all over Central- 
and South America to Southeast Brazil. 
KEY LO THE SPE CLESVANDESUBSEE Cins 
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1. Cap and upper back black, hind neck white, yellow or orange (G'S) . 
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— No black on the throat a: 
3. Rump cimereous 4. 
— Rump olive green or yellowish olive. . . . wee 7 
4. Throat, foreneck and nape faintly tinged with Ms ie DISH. ys 0 t5.8 Pea ee Ge EAVIE OEAG 
— Throat, foreneck and nape pure white. . . nb We ere ete es Grecsote: ss: /S). 
5. Under tail coverts and middle of the abdomen white. . . . . . . . 2. C. MANACUS PURUS. 
— Only the middle of the abdomen white, under tail coverts cinereous like the 
YRGWES 5 Se lee se ee Gu Ea eels CT Oe ANN USE NTAINTATCS UIC 
— Whole breast and abdomen, including under tail coveris, dark cineveous . . . . . . . «. «. . . O2. 
6. Latklonger 32-39 Mi ee ee ed CANA CUSIGUATUROStS: 
— Tail shorter : 26-30 mm. 3. C. MANACUS ABDITIVUS. 
7. Throat, foreneck and nape pure white . 6. C. CANDET. 
— Throat, foreneck and nape chrome yellow; rump, breast and abdomen olive 
LTUECI ME Sie Moe ee ence neo en = ok en oS 7. C. VITELLINA. 
— Throat, foreneck and nape cadmium orange; rump yellowish oil green, abdo- 
MLCMUIGNY SellOw <2 s,s s ap Os, ee ee sw ee  Ork SEAM RANT AGAS 
8. Under parts nearly uniform dull green, middle line of the abdomen scarcely 
PAlEr aa sae Se Rm eo eee be 0 ede COOMANIAG USE GUMmiUROSUSs 
; : : : . C, MANACUS MANACUS. 
— Throat pale greenish grey, foreneck and sides of the belly dull green, middle \ 
. C. MANACUS PURUS. 
of abdomen more ov less straw yellow . . . . . . . . . = | / 
( 3. C. MANACUS ABDITIVUS. 
— Throat and foreneck intense olive green, breast and abdomen bright gamboge 
yellow, Marl lOng 73 7-4ONM swe) snc) ch ena ne ne Os Or CANIDENT. 
— Throat and foreneck light yellowish olive, breast and abdomen duil olive 
yellow, more greenish on the sides. Tail shovt: 3o-32 mm. . . en) a CaVEEELLINAG 
— Under pavts mainly intense saffron yellow, tinged with yellowish olive on 
throat, foreneck and sides of chest. Tail short : 30-33 mm. . . . . 8. C. AURANTIACA (1). 
1. Chiromachzris manacus manacus (Linnzus). 
Pipra manacus Linneus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, Vol. 1, p. 340 (1766) (ex Edwards, Glean. Nat. Hist. Vol. 1, p. 107, 
t. 260, f. sup. — Surinam; and ex Brisson; Ornith. Vol. 4, p. 442 [excl. Syn. Marcgrave and hab. « Brasi- 
lia »]. —- Cayenne). 
P. melanocephala, P. L. S. Miller, Natursyst. Suppl. p. 177 (1776 ) (ex Daubenton, Pl. enl. 303, f. 1. — Cayenne). 
Manacus edwardsi, Bonaparte, Consp. Av. Vol. 1, p. 171 (1850) (ex Edwards, Glean. Nat. Hist. Vol. 1, t. 260 
f. sup.; and Daubenton, Pl. enl. t. 302, f. 1 (= figure copied from Edwards, but habitat wrongly assigned 
to « Brésil »). 
Hab. Cayenne, Surinam, British Guiana, Trinidad; west through the Orinoco region to the eastern 
slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, south to Pebas on the Peruvian Amazons, and along the Rio Negro: 
to Manaos in Northern Brazil. 
(1) The females of C. jlaveola and C. coronata are not known to the author. 
