110 PIPEID^. 



Linnseus's name P. erythrocephala is chiefly applicable to this species, but as it 

 conveys a wrong impression as to the colour of the head, it has never been generally 

 used. 



b'. Vertex coeruleus. 



3. Pipra velutina. 



Pipra velutina, Berl. Ibis, 1883, p. 492 ' ; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 299 \ 

 Chiroxiphia cyaneocapilla, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 296 (nee Hahn)^. 



Pipra cyaneocapilla, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 362 ' ; 1879, p. 519 ' ; Salv. P. Z, S. 1867, p. 149 ' ; 

 1870, p. 200 ^ 



Nitide nigerrima ; capite summo IsBte cyaneo, fronte nigra. Long, tota 3'5, rostro et pedibus nigticantibuB, 



ate 2-3, caudse 1-0, rostri a ricfcu 0-4, tarsi 0-5. 

 5 viridis, subtus paUidior, peetore et hypochondriis dorso fere concoloribiis. (Descr. maris et feminae ex 



Panama. Mns. nostr.) 



Hah. Panama {Rihle i), Bugaba '', V. de Chiriqui '^, Santiago de Veraguas ^ (Arce,), Lion 

 Hill {M^Leannan ^ *). — Noethern Colombia^. 



This species, which was separated by Count Berlepsch, is very closely alUed to 

 P. cyaneoca'pilla of the Amazons valley, but the blue of the crown of the head is of 

 rather a deeper tint, the forehead is more decidedly black, and there is no indication 

 of the indigo tint which suffuses the lower back of P. cyaneocapilla. 



The bird has been known to us for some time from specimens sent us by M'Leannan 

 from Lion Hill, on the Panama Railway. In the list of the birds of his collection 

 allusion was made to the differences presented between them and typical examples of 

 P. cyaneocapilla, but it was not then thought advisable to separate the Panama bird 

 as was subsequently done by Count Berlepsch from specimens obtained in the State of 

 Panama by the entomological collector Eibbe. 



Its range is limited to the State of Panama, as we have no record of its occurrence 

 in Costa Eica ; but southwards it spreads into the Cauca valley of Colombia. Nothing 

 has been recorded of its habits, 



c'. Vertex alius. 



4. Fipra leucocilla. 



Pipra leucocilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 340 ' ; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ti. p. 93 ' ; Salv. P. Z. S, 



1867, p. 149'; 1870, p. 200 ^ Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 297'. 

 Pipra coradna, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 29 *. 



Nitide nigerrima ; capite toto summo et nucha niveis, rostro et pedibus nigricantibus. Long, tota 4, ate 3"3, 



caudse 1"1, rostri a rictu 0*5, tarsi 0"5. (Descr. maris ex Chitra, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 

 $ olivacea ; subtus medialiter dUutior, gula et subalaribus grisescentibus. 



Hc^. Panama, Cordillera de Tole ^, Chitra 4, Calovevora \ Santa Fe (Arce). — South 

 Ambeica, Colombia and Guiana to Brazil ^. 



Adult males from our country are hardly so glossy as specimens from the south, but 



