AMPELID^. — PIPRIN^. 
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a naked skin, or furnished with wattles. Bill very 
wide at the base ; the horny portion very short: under 
mandible weak, the gonys remarkably short. Nos- 
trils naked, very large, medial between the front and 
the tip of the bill. First and second quill short, 
third quill longest. Tail short. 
C. iiudicollis. PI. Col. 368. .383. (o) 
Ampelis, Linn, (fy.223.') Plumage brilliant, glossy. 
Nostrils partly covered 
by setaceous feathers. 
Wings ample ; the first 
quill hardly shorter than 
the three next. Tail short. Lateral toes almost 
equal. 
A. Cayana. PI. Enl. 624. 
Sect. 2. Smaller. Head feathered. Nostrils plumed. 
Tail longer, {fig. 222. b) 
P. melanocephalus. Z. I. i. pi. 25. cucuUatus. Z. I. i. pi. 37. 
RupicoiiA, Briss. Head with an elevated compressed 
crest, advancing on the front, and partly concealing 
hiU. Bill strong, robust. Feet large, strong. Tarsus 
partly covered with feathers. Toes syndactyle : outer 
toe connected to the middle toe beyond its second 
joint. Wings short, rounded. 
R. Cayana. PI. Enl. 39. Peruviana. PI. Enl. 745. 
SuEFAM. PIPllINiE. Manakins. Subtypical. 
Size small. Feet lengthened, slender, weak. Bill very 
short : the upper mandible much curved. 
Phcenicirous, Sw. {fig. 224.) 
Size and habit of Ampelis. 
Bill small, rather weak. Wings 
very short, convex, rounded ; 
the three first quills narrow, 
and of equal length ; the fourth 
much shorter, and ending in 
a point. Tail broad, even. 
Feet short, strong. Toes syn- 
