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are confined to the upper back, are tear-shaped, instead of 

 pearl-shaped, and of a much darker fulvous colour than in 

 D. elegans ; the ground-colour of the pileum is darker, more 

 blackish, and the fulvous markings are more distinct ; the 

 upper wing-coverts and scapulars are uniform olive-brown 

 without any trace of the pale shaft-lines or apical spots so 

 conspicuous in D. elegans ; the upper mandible is for the 

 greater part whitish, while in D. elegans it is dark horn- 

 coloured. Our species bears also a certain resemblance to 

 D. spixi ; it differs, however, in the very different shape of 

 the spots on both the upper and lower surface, and in having 

 the apical half of the upper mandible whitish. Wing 100, 

 tail 80, bill 31 mm. 



Type in the Museum of Count Berlepsch : <$ ad., Samiria, 

 N.E. Peru, October 14th, 1881. Hauxwell Collection. 



This species has been confounded by various authors with 

 D. elegans or D. ocellata, from both of which it proves to be 

 quite distinct. I have examined a very large series (27 

 specimens) from N.E. Peru, Eastern Ecuador, and Bogota. 

 The present species will be more fully discussed in an ex- 

 tensive paper on the genus Dendrornis which I hope to 

 publish shortly. 



PlPRA EXQUISITA, Sp. n. 



<$ adult. General colour green, a narrow band on the 

 forehead, as well as the sides of the head and throat, rather 

 darker green. Crown of the head beautiful sky-blue. 

 Middle of the lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 bright yellow. Axillaries and under wing-coverts dirty grey 

 with yellowish margins. Bill blackish, lower mandible dirty 

 whitish. Wing 58-59$, tail 26^-28, bill 8 mm. 



? adult. Differs from the male in having the pileum 

 green like the back, the throat dull yellowish, with the tips 

 of the feathers dark green, followed by a well-defined green 

 jugular band, which separates the yellowish throat from the 

 bright yellow belly. Wing 56, tail 27 mm. 



Hab. Chuchurras, Central Peru. 



Type in the Tring Museum : S ad., Chuchurras, July 

 1904. Collected by W. Hoffmanns. 



