OHAP. XVIII.] 
BIRDS. 
293 
Family 41— COTINGIDiE, (28 Genera, 93 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
SUB-REGIONS. 
Nl ARCTIC 
Sub-regions, 
Pal^arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions, 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Cotingidse, or Chatterers, comprise some of the most 
heautifnl and some of the most remarkable of American birds, 
for such we must consider the azure and purple Cotingas, the 
wine-coloured white-winged Pompadour, the snowy carunculated 
Bell-birds, the orange-coloured Cocks-of-the-Bock, and the mar- 
vellously-plumed Umbrella-birds, (Plate XV. Yol. II. p. 28). The 
Cotingidse are also one of the most pre-eminently Neotropical 
of all the Neotropical families, the great mass of the genera 
and species being concentrated in and around the vast equatorial 
forest region of the Amazon. Only 13 species extend north of 
Panama, one to the Antilles, and not more than 20 are found to 
the south of the Amazon Valley. Messrs. Selater and Salvin 
divide the family into six sub-families, the distribution of which 
will be briefly indicated. 
Sub-family I. Tityrdle (3 genera, 22 species). Eanges from 
Brazil to Mexico, one species of Hadrostomus inhabiting Jamaica. 
Sub-family II. Lipauginle (4 genera, 14 species) also ranges 
from Brazil to Mexico j one genus ( Ptilochloris ) is confined to 
Brazil. 
Sub-family III. Attalim (2 genera, 10 species). Eanges from 
Paraguay to Costa Eica ; one genus ( Casiornis ) is confined to 
South Brazil and Paraguay. 
Sub-family IV. Bupicolih^e (2 genera, 5 species). This sub- 
family is restricted to the Amazonian region and Guiana, with 
one species extending along the Andean valleys to Bolivia. The 
genera are Rv/picola (3 species) and Phcenicocerms (2 species). 
Sub-family V. CotingiNyE (10 genera, 28 species). Eanges 
from Southern Brazil and Bolivia to Nicaragua ; only two species 
