PTPIIID^., 



Both the Rapicolae iiiliabit America : tliey feed 

 on fruits ; are said to scratch the ground like poultry : 

 form their nests in deep cavernous recesses, and the 

 females deposit two eggs. 



Sj3. 1. Ru. elegans. 



Pipra rupicoia. Stepli. v. x. p. 9. 

 Sp. 2. Ru/ Peruviana. 



Pipra Peruviana. Sieph. v. x. p. 10. 



GENUS CXXV.— CALYPTOMENA, Raffles. 



Rostrum depressum, basi la- 

 tum, apice adunco ; pennis 

 capitis subtectum. 



Nares rotundas. 

 Li7igua brevis. 

 Pedes gressorii. 



Beah depressed, broad at the 

 base, hooked at the tip; 

 pardy covered by the fea- 

 thers of the head. 



Nostrils rounded. 



Tongue short. 



Legs gressorial. 



RupicoLA, Temm. 



Sp. 1. Ca. viridis. Linn. Trans. {Rqfles,) xiii. 295. 



Ca. viridis nitens, macula utrinque ad latus nucha; ; fasciis alarum 



tribus ohliquis, remigibusque prcBier marginem exteriorem atris. 

 Shining-green Calyptomena^, with a spot on each side of tlie nape ; 



three oblique stripes on the wings, and the quills, except the 



outer margins, dark-coloured. 

 Rupicoia viridis. Temm. PI. Col. 216. 



Inhabits Sumatra. Length six inches and a 

 half: the colour is a beautiful green: the head is 

 rather large, and its feathers are directed forwards 

 from each side in such a manner as nearly to conceal 

 the beak, giving the face a very peculiar appearance : 



V. XIII. p. IT. 17 



