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^54 PIPRID^. 



Length five inches : on the forehead is a brown 

 band : the rest of the head, the region of the eyes, 

 the nape, and all the rest of the upper parts of the 

 body, are fine grass-green : the wing is black, with a 

 double range of whitish spots, forming two transverse 

 bars on the coverts : the greater coverts nearest the 

 body are also spotted with white : the rest of the wing 

 is black, with green edges to all the feathers : the 

 tail-feathers are dusky edged with green and tipped 

 with whitish : on the ear is a patch of ashy-feathers : 

 the throat and the middle of the belly are yellow, 

 and the rest of the under parts are yellowish-green : 

 the back and legs are bluish : the tail is rather long, 

 and a little w^edged in shape. 



Sp. 9. Pi. pileata. Natterer, Temm, PL Col. 172./. 1. 



Pi. castaneo-rufiis, infra rufescente-Jiams ; pileo occipite nuchdque 



nigris ; fronte nigro fuscoque variegato. 

 Chesniit-red Manakin, beneath reddish-yellow with the pileus, 



occiput^ and nape black ; the forehead varied with black and 



brown. 



Length four inches and a half : the male has the 

 top of the head, the occiput, and the nape, plain black : 

 the forehead marbled with black and brown : the 

 cheeks and the eyebrows lively red : the back, sca- 

 pulars, and the wing and tail-coverts are bright ches- 

 nut-red : the wing is black, its middle coverts being 

 tipped with ashy-chesnut, and the quills edged with 

 greenish : the lateral tail-feathers are chesnut-yellow 

 at the base, and pure chesnut at the tip : the six 

 middle feathers are black with brown tips: all the 

 under parts are reddish-yellow : the beak and legs 

 are yellow : the tail is a trifle wedged, and is rather 



