(LONG-TAILED MANIKIN.)
+Chiroxiphia caudata+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 55; _White, P. Z.
S._ 1882, p. 608 (Misiones).
_Description._--Above blue; cap scarlet; sides of head, nape, and
wings black; tail black edged with bluish, two middle rectrices
lengthened; beneath blue; throat, crissum, and under wing-coverts
black; bill and feet reddish: whole length 6·0 inches, wing 3·1,
tail 2·5. _Female_ green, cap scarlet.
_Hab._ S.E. Brazil, Paraguay, and N.E. Argentina.
White obtained two or three males and one female of this Manikin in the
forests of Misiones, on the banks of the Uruguay. One of his specimens
is now in the British Museum.
Fam. XV. COTINGIDÆ, or COTINGAS.
The _Cotingidæ_ are another characteristic Neotropical family, mostly
of splendid plumage, and nearly altogether confined within the limits
of the tropics. Two stragglers only, belonging to the more obscure
sections of the group, are as yet known to occur within the confines of
Argentina, though it is quite probable that others may be found later
on, when the northern forests are more completely explored.