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71 illigeri Cab. & Heine,* syaonymized with T. chnjsocrotapkvm by Dr. Sclater, 

 is evidently quite a good form, differing by its wliite throat and by the possession 

 of a distinct black monstachial stripe. I have examined the type in the Berlin 

 Museum. 



[04. Todirostrum senex (Pek.). 



KiiSfurHinnis sene.r Pelzeln, Znr Ornitli. Bras. ii. p. ll?i (ISGit. — Borba). 



Right bank : Borba (Natterer). 



The type specimen, an adult male, obtained by Natterer in Jane 1830, is still 

 nniqne in the Vienna Museum. Tlianks to the kindness of Dr. von Lorenz, I have 

 been enabled to examine it, ami have come to the conclusicju that it is more cor- 

 rectly placed in the genus Todirostrum. The bill has very nearly the same shape as 

 that of T. fumifrons Hartl., but is somewhat shorter. In the species of Eiiscartlimus, 

 on the other hand, the bill is much longer, as well as strongly attenuated for its 

 terminal portion. In coloration, T. sene.v is perhaps nearest to T. nckistaceiceps, — 

 presents, however, many points of distinction. The back is much darker and duller 

 green (instead of bright yellowish green) ; the markings of the wing-coverts and 

 inner secondaries are much paler, whitish yellow (not deep olive-yellow) ; the 

 cheeks, ocular and auricular regions clear isabelle (instead of dark slate-grey) ; the 

 throat and foreueck white with distinct, though narrow, brownish shaft-streaks ; 

 on the top of the head the slate-grey is confined to the forehead and occiput, 

 while the hind-crown and nape are green like the back, etc., etc. Moreover, the 

 bill and tail are much shorter. 



The type measures : wing 48 ; tail 34 ; bill 12 mm.] 



[05. Todirostrum latirostre fPelz.). 



EuKcarlhnm lathrKliis Pelzeln, Zar Oni. Bras. ii. p. 173 (ISliS.— Borba) ; cf. Hellmajr, Nov. Zool. 

 xW. p. 47 (crit.). 



Right bank : Borba (Natterer). Rather widely distributed in Upper 

 Amazonia.] 



00. Euscarthmus striaticollis striaticoUis (Lafr.). 



Todirnslrum strialicoUe L'lfresnaye, Itir. }[ug. Z,„il. (■>). v, p. 58 (18;)3.— Bahia). 

 Eusrurlhmiis striaticollis Pelzeln, I.e. p. 101 (Mattogroaso, Rio Guapore'). 



Nos. fi41, 683. i{?) ¥ ad., S. Isabel, Rio Preto, 8, 11. x. lOoT.— Wing ;VH, 

 49 ; tail — ; bill 13 mm. 



" Ills yellow, feet brown, bill black." 



Agrees with the Araguaya specimen (Xor. Zool. xv. 1008. p. 42) in the dull 

 green colour of the upper parts, and in having only the anterior part of the pileum 

 mouse-brown, but the belly is clearer yellow witli barely any greenish shade on 

 the chest. 



This is not the first record of the species from Amazonia, for (,'hajimanf has 

 already listed a specimen from [Sautarem. Count Berlepsch possesses a skin 

 obtained by Dr. Hahnel on the Lower Amazons, but the exact locality is not 

 indicated. 



£. sfriaticoll/'.s, E. /'o/taiui/s, and E. zosterops form a natural group, repre- 



♦ Mus. Ileiitean. ii. p. 49 (1859.—" Para," type in Berlin Museum, Xo. 2869). 

 t Auk, 1890, p. 270. 



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