88 Mr. Leadbeater on some new Species of Birds 



Fam. Sylviad^i. Vigors. 

 Gen. Tyuannulus. Vieill. 



S. ViEiLLOTi. T. suprd viridi-olivaceus, corpore subtiis strigd- 

 qiie superciliari utrinque fiavis ; capite cristato, alis, caudd, 

 maculdque utrinque abdominali airis ; regione auriculari atro- 

 ccsruled ; capite summo crissoque roseis ; mento strigdque ala- 

 rum albis. 



Fteromata fulva. Tectrices inferiores albae, nigro notatae. JRec- 

 t7ices externoe apice albo. Rostrum pedesque nigri. 



Longitudo corporis, 4 ; rostri, \ ; alee a carpo ad remigem ter- 

 tiam, 1-f- ; caudcB, \-^ ; tarsi, f. 



1 have named this little Wren, which comes from Chili, after 

 M.VieillotjWho first characterized the American species, without 

 the feathers which cover the nostrils, as distinct from the Euro- 

 pean Regulus. 



Fam. PiPRiDiE. Vigors. 



Gen. Pardalotus. Vieill. 



4, Africanus. P.suprdvirescenti-olivaceus, subtiis Jlavescenti- 

 albidus ; alis cauddque nigris, illis albo guttatis, hdc albo ter- 

 minatd. 



Capitis 7nichaque plumae fusco ad apicem marginatae, gula 

 pectorisque leviter undulatae. Ptila guttis rotundis albis 

 frequentibus notata, pteromata guttis similibus terminata. 

 Gena crissumque flavae. Tectrices inferiores albidae. Ros- 

 trum nigro-brunneum ; pedes pallidi. 



Longitudo corporis, 4J- ; rostri, ^ ; alee a carpo ad remigem se- 

 cundam, 2f ; cauda, 1^ ; tarsi ^. 



This little bird, which has all the general characters of the 

 Australian genus Pardalotus, as well as the usual colouring and 

 markings, was found far in the interior of Africa, It is the 



only 



