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greeiiisli, lint soiuewhat more brownish ulivc ; the bill is slightly broader, wing 

 shorter. Thu Jt-male has only a few concealed orange spots near the base of the 

 vertical feathers, the yomig has the ]iilenm uniform olive. Wing c? ad. 01-ii:5, 

 tail i'lO-.")!, tarsus I0-I6 mm ; ? wing 58 ram. 



Lita, 30011 ft. and (jnv.j Cachyjacu 3200 ft. (Type no. 103, Lita.j 



Mitrephanes berlepschi sp. nov. 



" ?." Mitrephanes supra olivaceo-virescens, capita obscuriore, olivascentiore, 

 remi<<ibus fuscis, secnndariis tectricibnsqne majoribus pogoniis e.xternis jiallide 

 Inteo marginatis, cauda brunnescente, marginibus e.xterioribiis virescentibus. 

 Loris Inteis, gnttnre pectoreijue olivaceo-fulvis, abdoniine subcandalibusque sulfureis, 

 siibalaribus olivaceo-flavis. Al. 58, cand. 4'J, tars. lU, rostr. long, lo, lat. (i^ mm. 



Hab. Bnlun, Ecuadoria septentr., alt. 100 ped., lo. xi. I'.MiO. (Typ. no. 275.) 



Tins new species is evidently nearest to ^[. aurantiireiifrix (Lawr.) from ( 'osta 

 Rica and Veragua, but differs in many ways. The upperside is a shade more 

 greenish ; the throat and breast are olive-fnlvous with a hardly percejitible green 

 tinge (instead of chestnut-rufous) ; the abdomen is pure sulphur-yellow (instead of 

 ochraceous or fulvons-yellowish), tlie margins to the larger wing-coverts are paler, 

 more whitish yellow, the under wing-coverts pale olivaceous-yellow, not rnfescent. 

 The feathers of the hinder crown are longer, so that the pileum is less crested, and 

 the bird is very much smaller. The single specimen, marked " ? ," is evidently quite 

 adult. It was shot at Buliin in N.W. Ecuador, in low country, only about I'lo ft. 

 above the sea. " Iris brown, feet black, bill blackish brown, below light 

 brownish." 



The species is again named after Graf Hans von Berlepsch, wliose knowledge ot 

 South American birds is so remarkable that too many neotropical species cannot be 

 named in his honour. The Count has seen the type, and confirmed my opinion that 

 it is a totally new species. 



Rhynchocyclus megacephala flavotectus subsj). nov. 



Very similar to tyjiical iticgacejihida {'J'l/ra/iiiidn wi'i/Kri'ji/id/a Svfaius., U. Bi(uil 

 ami Mexico, 1841. PI. 47, Brazil), but the margins to the wing-eovertsand secondaries 

 rather deeper yellow, the abdomen of a richer yellow, crown jierhaps always less 

 uniform cinereousj varied with green. Wings 03-6 mm. " Iris and feet grey, 

 bill blackish above, whitish below." Hab. S. Javier (type : No. 893, 24. vii. I'JOO, 

 ? ), Faraniba. 



While 1 quite agree that llh. mi-yarepliala, .•ml/ihui-esceiis, rhwreiceps, and 

 tiridlceps are united in the same genus with Rlt.flariventcr, which is the "type" 

 of Rlii/iichoriicltis^ 1 am sure that riijicauihi should be sejiarated generically as 

 Rumiiliotiiyon rujicanda (Sjji.x., and that a new generic name must be made 

 for the species olieaceKs, oequinoctiulis, brefirostris and ful(ipectiis. These 

 forms have a much wider and comparatively shorter bill ; the outer web 

 ■has its barbs stiffened, straight, pointed, and recurved, so that the edge of the 

 wing is stifHy jiectinated and disagreeable to the touch, much as in Stdijiihiiti'rijx 

 and other genera of birds. The feet are comparatively weaker, for, while the tarsus 

 of aequinoct/al/'.'i meniiWTcs 10 mm. and the tail 7o (c? W. Ecuador) the tarsus of 

 a R/i. mef/airp/ia/ajfacotectus (? Paramba) measures 18 mm., with a tail of only 48. 



