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senting each other geojjraiiliieally. In structural details — shape of the nostrils, 

 wiiig-formula, and form of the tail— they are practically identical, and ditl'er only 

 in slight colour characters. 



(«) £. striaticollis striaticollis (Lafr.). 



Central and Eastern Brazil : Bahia (many specimens in various collections 

 examined) ; Goyaz : liio Araguaya (Natterer, Baer) ; Mattogrosso: Ohapada (Smith), 

 Villa Maria, Villa Bella de Mattogrosso (Natterer); S. Isabel, Rio Madeira 

 (Hoftmauns) ; Santavem, Rio Tajiajiiz (Smith). 



Characters. Crown, at least anterior part, monse-brown, more or less contrasting 

 with the green of the back. Nasal feathers and lores white. Cheeks and ear- 

 coverts pale brown. Throat white and, like the chest, very distinctly streaked with 

 blackish; breast and abdomen bright yellow, flanks and sometimes chest also 

 shaded with greenish. Upper wiug-coverts dusky edged with the colour of the 

 back. Wing : SS 53—55, ? ? 48—50 ; tail : iS 44-45, ? ? 37—40 mm. 



Examined. 1 c? ad,, Villa Bella de Mattogrosso ; 2 S S ad., Rio Araguaya, 

 Goyaz; 1 cJ, 1 ?, S. Isabel, Rio Madeira ; 9 ad. and jnv., Bahia ; 1 (?) ad., Lower 

 Amazons (Hahnel). 



{b) E. striaticollis iohannis Snethlage. 



EtiScaHhmus iohaimis Snethlage, Oni. Monber. xv. p. 193 (1907.— Monte Verde, Rio Punls). 

 E. zosterops (nee Pelzeln) Snethlage, Juurn.f. Orn. 1908. p. 12 (Monte Verde, Rio Puriis). 



Hab. W. Brazil : Monte Verde, on the Rio Purus. 



Characters. Differs from the preceding form by its rusty buff (not white) lores 

 and eyelid, paler brown legs, and by having the whole pileam (from the forehead 

 to the nape) uniform green like the back. The edges to the upper wing-coverts 

 are slightly more yellowish green, the axillaries deei)er yellow than in E. s. 

 striaticollis. Under parts exactly as in the latter : throat white with conspicuous 

 blackish streaks, breast and abdomen bright yellow, chest slightly washed with 

 greenish. 



Ti/pe of species : Para Museum, No. 3539. J ad., Rio Purus (Monte Verde), 

 February 20, 1904.— Wing 55 ; tail 43; bill 12 mm. 



N.B. — By mistake the type was recorded s.n. E. zosterops in Miss Snethlage's 

 report on the Punis collections. 



(<•) E. striaticollis zosterops Pelz. 



EuscarlhmuK zosterops Pelzeln, Ziir Orn. Bras. ii. p. 173 (1868— part. : descr. et hab. Marabitanas ; 

 cf. Noe. Zool. xiv. 1907 pp. HS.i-B) ; (?) Salvador! & Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino xiv. no. 3(J-2. p. 5 

 (18;i9.— Rio Santiago, Eastern Ecuador). 



Hub. N.W. Brazil : Marabitanas and Sau (Carlos,* upper Rio Negro (Natterer). 

 (?) Eastern Ecuador: Rio Santiago (Festa). 



Characters. Upper parts much duller green than in E. s. striaticollis and 

 E. s. iohannis, frontal edge slightly mixed witii ashy. Lores and eyelid dull white, 

 cheeks and ear-coverts ashy, faintly tinged with olive posteriorly. Median and 

 greater upper wing-coverts dusky, each feather with a well-defined, ])ale yellow 

 apical spot, forming two distinct wing-bands. Under parts pale, " primrose- 

 vellow" (Ridgw., Nomencl. vi. fig. 13), chin nearly whitish; throat obsoletely 



* San Carlos, though nut mentioned on p. 173, is included among the localities given under the 

 heailing o£ the species in the general list (p. 102 of Pelzeln's work). 



