FAM. PIPRIDA 
to 
“NI 
8. Scotothorus turdinus stenorhynchus (Sclater & Salvin). 
Heteropelma stenorhynchum Sclater & Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1868, p. 628, 632 (San Esteban near Puerto 
Cabello, North Venezuela). 
Hab. From N.W. Venezuela (S. Esteban) ranging through northern Colombia (Santa Marta) to Panama. 
N. B. Two skins from Panama differ from the types only by their stronger, broader bills. 
g. Scotothorus unicolor (Bonaparte). (Plate 1, Fig. 7.) 
Muscicapa virescens (nec Temminck, 1824), Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Brasil, Vol. 3, Abt. 2, p. 802 (183r) (Arrayal 
da Conquista, interior of Bahia). 
Piilochloris virescens Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 238 (Brésil). 
Heteropelma unicoloy Bonaparte, Consp. Volucr. Anisod. in : Ateneo Italiano no 11, 1854 (sep. p. 4, n° 78) 
(based on P. virescens Lafresnaye). 
Muscicapa viridis, Pucheran, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 7, p. 370 (1855) (« Brésil »). 
Hab. Woodregion of Eastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio grande do Sul. 
10. Scotothorus pallescens (Lafresnaye). 
Tyrannula pallescens Lafresnaye, Rev Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 57 (Bahia). 
Heteropelma flavicapillum, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860, p. 466 (S. %. Brazil). 
Hab. Campos of Brazil : Bahia, Goiaz, Piauhy, Minas Geraés, Mattogrosso and Northern S. Paulo. 
11. Scotothorus sulphureiventer Hellmayr. 
Scotothorus sulphuretventer Hellmayr, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1903. p. 202 (Mattcgrosso). 
Heteropelma chrysocephalum (nec Pelzeln), Pelzeln, Zux Ornith. Brasil, Abt. 2, p. 185 (1868) (part. : g juv. — Mat- 
togrosso); Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 14, p. 322 (1888. — Mattogrosso). 
Hab. Only known from Villa Bella de Mattogrosso on the Rio Guaporé, western Mattogrosso, Brazil ; 
and San Mateo, Northern Bolivia. 
12. Scotothorus chrysocephalus (Pelzeln). (Plate 1, Fig. 3.) 
Heteropelma chrysocephalum Pelzeln, Zur Ornith. Bras. Abt. 2, p. 185 (1868) (part.: g ad. — Marabitanas, Rio 
Iganna, S. Carlos). 
Heteropelma igniceps, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871, p. 750 (Oyapoc, Cayenne). 
Hab. Cayenne (Oyapoc), British Guiana, and on the upper Rio Negro (Marabilanas, Rio Icanna and 
S. Carlos). 
17. GENUS NEOPELMA ScLATER 
Neopelma Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860, p. 467 (species unica : Muscicapa auvifrons Wied). 
Characters. The only species belonging to this genus bears a great likeness to Scofothorus 
pallescens, S. chrysocephalus, etc., with which it shares the possession of a large, bright yellow 
vertical patch. It differs, however, by its considerably smaller and narrower bill, shorter and 
more slender tarsus, and much smaller, weaker feet. In other structural details it agrees pretty 
well with the species of Scofothorus, mentioned above. . 
The bill shows a distinct ridge, and there are numerous, rather stiff rictal bristles. In 
the wing, the fourth and fifth primaries are the longest, the third scarcely shorter. Tail of the 
same shape as in Scotothorus, the innermost and the outermost rectrix being shortened so that 
the tail is slightly emarginate and at the same time distinctly rounded. Tarsi short, slender 
and covered with distinct scutes; toes and claws short and weak. Sexes alike, the female 
differing only by having the vertical patch smaller and lighter in colour. Upper parts bright 
olive green, feathers of the middle of the crown bright golden yellow, narrowly tipped with 
green. Lores greyish white, earcoyerts dull greenish. Throat greyish mixed with whitish; rest 
of under parts pale yellow, chest underlaid with greyish and sides washed with greenish. 
Geographical Distribution. Forest region of Southeastern Brazil from Bahia to 
S. Paulo. Monotypic. 
