114 PIPEID^. 



The plumage of Chiromachceris differs in texture from that of Fipra, being rather 

 looser and fuller! None of the ^ecies are so brightly coloured as some members of 

 Pipra ; but they are, neverthekes, peculiar birds, the males having long gular feacbhers, 

 pointed remiges, the shafts of the inner primaries and the secondaries are thickened. 

 The tail and tarsi are longer than in typical Pipra. 



1. Chiromacliseris candsei. 



Pipra candd, Parz. Rev. Zool. 1841j p. 306 \ 



Manacus candei, Bp. Consp. i. p. 171 ^ Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 399'; 1859, p. 285*; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 56 = ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 124 ' ; 1860, p. 37 ' ; Sumichrast, Mem. 



Bost. Soc.N. H. i. p. 558'. 

 Chiromacheeris canden, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. Q7' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 184 " ; 



ix. p. 117 " ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 ^' ; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 403 " ; 



Ridgw. Pr. U, S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 580" ; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 314". 



Supra nigra, dorso postico et tectricibns caadae snperioribus olivaceis ; cervice tota, tectricibuB alarum pro 

 majore parte, genis et gutture toto albis ; abdomine flava : rostro nigro, pedibus camels. Long, tota 

 4-7, alse 2-2, caudse 1'4, rostri a rictu 0*6, tarsi 0-9. 



5 olivacea, uropygio panic dilntiore, abdomine toto flaveseenfiore. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Choetum, 

 Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Mexico, Cordova {Salle ^), Playa Vicente {Boncard *), State of Vera Cruz {Sumi- 

 chrast); British Honduras, Orange Walk {Gammer), Belize {Blancaneaux) ; 

 Guatemala, Peten {Leyland), Choctum, Teleman, Yzabal [0. S. & F. B. G.) ; 

 Honduras 9, Truxillo {Townsend'^% San Pedro {G. M. Whitely); Nicaragua, 

 Greytown [Holland ^'^), Los Sabalos {Nutting ^^) ; Costa Eica, Tucurriqui {Arce), 

 Angostura {Carmiol ^^). 



Chiromachceris candoei is a bird of the eastern forests of our country throughout its 

 range, which extends from the vicinity of Cordova in the State of Vera Cruz to Costa 

 Hica, and is common in that region from near the sea-level to a height of from 2000 

 to 3000 feet. It frequents the undergrowth of the denser forests, and its presence is 

 easily detected by its note, which resembles the crack of a whip, followed by a rustling 

 noise, probably produced by the quills of the wing-feathers. 



We have no knowledge of the nesting-habits of this species, which probably resemble 

 those of C. vitellina described below. 



2. Chiromachaeris vitellina. 



Pipra vitellina, Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 103 ' ; Zool. Voy. Sulph., Birds, p. 41, t. 21 ' ; Lair. Rev. 



Zool. 1847, p. 69 ' j Bp. Consp. i. p. 173 *. 

 Chiromach(Bris vitellina, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 97'j Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 22'; 



1879, p. 517^ Sol. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 315'. 

 Chiroxiphia vitellina, Lawr. Ann, Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 296 °. 



