Plate V. 



XIPHOLENA ATROPURPUREA. 



(BRAZILIAN POMPADOD&COHNGA). 



Ampelis atropurpurea 

 Ampelis purpurea 



Cotinga purpurea 



purpurea 



atropurpurea 



Max. Eeis. n. Eras. i. pp. 262. (1820.) 



Licht. Doubl. p. 57. (1823.) 



Max. Beitr. iii. p. 397. 



Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 428. 



Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 279. 



Cab. Orn. Not. i. p. 233, 



Cab. et Hein. Mns. Hein. ii. p. 106. 



Bp. Consp. p. 176. 



Sclater, Cat. Am. B. p. 257. 



Saturate vinaceo-purpurea, remigibus niveis, primariorum apicibus nigris : rostro corneo, pedibus nigris ; long, tota 

 7*5, alae 4*3, caudae 2 5. Foem. Fuliginoso-cineracea, uropygii plumis albo marginatis : alis nigricantibus, secundariis 

 et tectricibus albo limbatis : subtus dilutior, ventre albicantiore, crisso toto albo. 



Sab. in Brasil. Or. reg. sylvatica. 



The well-known Pompadour Cotinga of Cayenne is represented in South-eastern Brazil by 

 the present bird, which although not quite its equal in brilliancy of colour, is nevertheless one 

 of the handsomest of the gorgeous group to which it belongs. The veteran ornithologist, Prince 

 Max of Neu-Wied, was the original discoverer of this species, having met with it during his 

 travels in Brazil in the year 1816, in the neighbourhood of Morro d'Arara, in the wooded coast- 

 region north of Eio de Janeiro. In the first volume of his "Eeise nach Brasilien," published 

 in 1820, Prince Max gave the specific name atropurpurea to this species. In his subsequently 

 published " Beitrage" he relinquished this term in favour of Lichtenstein's purpurea, which, 

 however, was not published until 1823, so that there can be no doubt that in accordance with 

 the rules of priority the former name should be employed. Burmeister obtained one specimen 

 of this species near Novo Fribourgo, in the wooded district of S. E. Brazil, and it is not unfre- 

 quently met with in collections of birds from Eio. 



Like the other species of the group, the Brazilian Pompadour is probably a pure fruit-eater. 

 Prince Max tells us that the digestive organs of the specimens obtained by his hunters contained 

 only red seeds, probably of the Urucu (Bixa orellana), and cherry-like fruits, the abundant use 

 of which seemed to have stained the intestines. Its voice is described as being like the mewing 

 of a cat. 



The genus Xipholena (containing the Pompadour Cotingas) embraces three species, including 

 the present ; namely : — 



1. X pompadora (Linn.) : Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 226, from British Guiana and Cayenne, 

 extending inwards to Guia on the Eio Negro, where specimens were obtained by Mr. Wallace. 



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