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24. Todirostrum latirostre (Pelz.) 

 Euscarthmm latirostre Pelzeln, Zur Orn. Bras. ii. p. 173 (1868. — Borba, Rio Madeira). 



Nos. 740, 852. ¥ ? ad., Teffe, 2, 1 7. vi. 06. " Iris light greyish brown, feet 

 greyish brown, bill black." 



These specimens tally well with a detailed MS. description drawn from the 

 type in the Vienna Museum. 



T. latirostre is certainly most nearly allied to T. f. fumifrons (Hartl.), of 

 Bahia, and T.f. penanli Hellm., of Surinam and Cayenne ; from both of which it 

 differs in having the upper wing-coverts edged with deep ochraceous (instead of pale 

 sulphur yellow), and the abdomen white (not yellow). In the shape of the bill 

 these three forms are very unlike the members of the genus Euscarthmus, to which 

 they were referred by most authors, but agree very nearly with Todirostrum 

 poliocephalum (Wied). 



25. Mionectes oleagineus oleagineus (Lcht.) 

 Muscicapa aleagiiiea Lichteustein, Vera. Dubl. p. 55 (1823. — Bahia). 



No. 690. ? ad., 22. v. 06. " Iris greyish brown, feet grey, bill black, below 

 more brownish."' 



26. Tyrannulus elatus (Lath.) 



Sylvia data Latham, hid. Orn. ii. p. 549 (1700. — ex Daubenton, PL eid. 708, fig. 2.— Cayenne). 



No. 826. ? ad., 15. vii. 06. " Iris white." 



Agreeing perfectly with ? ? from Cayenne and Surinam. Cfr. my revision of 

 Spix's types, p. 640, where I have pointed out that T. reguloides Ridgw. is based 

 upon a ? of T. elatus. 



27. Orchilus ecaudatus (Lafr. & D'Orb.) 



Todirostrum ecaudatum Lafresuaye et D'Orbigny, Syn. Av. i. iti Mag. Zuol. 1837. cl. ii. p. 47, 

 (Yuracares, East Bolivia). 



No. 668. ? ad., 20. v. 06. " Iris white, feet pale brown, bill black."— Wing 

 33 ; tail 14 ; bill 10 mm. 



28. Elaenia albiceps parvirostris Pelz. 



\Muscipeta albiceps Lafresnaye et D'Orbigny, >S;/«. Av. i. in Mag. Zool. 1837. cl. ii. p. 47 ("Rio de 

 Janeiro, imp. Brasil., Yungas, rep. Boliviana et Taona, rep. Peruviana." — Yungas of Bolivia* 

 to be considered as typ. locality).] 



Elainea parvirostris Pelzeln, Zur OrnitJi. Brasil. ii. (18H8) pp. 107, 178 (type ex Curytiba, Parana, 

 S.E. Brazil). 



Nos. 767, 824. S ad., adnlt (not sexed) : 7, 14. vi. 06. " Iris brown, feet ami 

 bill black, under mandible paler."— Wing 66, 07; tail 59 ; bill loj, 11 mm. 



They agree perfectly with specimens from Merida, Bogota coll. and Quiribana 

 de Caicara, Orinoco. Both are adult birds with a concealed white crown patch. 



Natterer obtained examples of this form near Borba, Kio Madeira, and at 



* The original description refers undoubtedly to the white-bellied form (cfr. "pennis verticis param 

 elongatis basi albis " and " subtus sordide albescens, gutture pectoreque ciuerascentibus "). There are only 

 several specimens from Yungas and one from Tacna in the Paris Museum, and as the latter is a young 

 bird the former ought to be considered as the types. 



