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//. pecforalis Scl. is i.ot a sontliern s}M'cies, but, a iiortlierii ami western one, 

 inhaliiting: Mattogrosso and tlie Amazons, from where it extends to Britisli Gniana. 

 Berle])sch has a specimen from the latter eonntry, collected hy the late H. Whitely, 

 whirh proves that //. f/ii»r/, ■/, //.i (/r/.tciiriifiis nml IJ. pictoi-alis are distinct species, 

 being- found together in the same eonntry. //. pecforalis is easily recognisable by 

 having the whole jjileum, incimling tlie forehead, of a j)nre grey, while in //. tlioracicm 

 and in //. tlinrncioiK ijriscirrntri.^ tlie forehead is always olivaceons, the occipnt onlv 

 being more or less snti'nsed witli dark ^rey, and by the pectoral band lieing of a 

 much clearer yellow, not yellowish green as in the other sjjecies. 



Mr. Andr6 also obtained a mah' of II. Ihoraricus griseiventrin at La Pricion, 

 \X xii. 1900. 



'i^. Hylophilus ferrugineift'ous Scl. 



Hylophiluafefriighieifronx Sclater, P.Z.S. 18t)2 p. 110 (Colombia). 



Nericagna: S 31. iii., 3 3. iv. "Iris greyish creamy : feet plumbeons grey; 

 bill above blackish, below greyish drab." 



Munduapo : 6 1. iii., 6 \'i. iii. (Cherrie). 

 (Nos. 1214.5, 12191, 123r)l, 123S1 Cherrie coll.) 

 Snapure, Canra R. : S 28. .x., 6 10. xi., 4. xi. (Klages); 

 Nicare : Jannary, La Pricion : December (Andre). 



2ft. Hylophilus muscicapinus Scl. & Salv. 



Uylopliilua mum-irajiiimx Sclater & Salvin, Aoiiiencl. Ai; Xrulr. (1873) p. 15G (Cayenne). 



Suapure, Canra R. : c? 12. v., e? 6. xii., ? 24. iii. "Iris brown ; feet light grey ; 

 maxilla brown-black ; mandible white at base, slightly more greyish at tip " 

 (Klages). 



La Union and Nicare on the Canra (Andr*^). 



30. Hylophilus flavipes acuticauda (Lawr.) 



\_Hyloi)Mui>flaripfs Lafr., l{n\ Zool. 1845 p. 342 (Bogota).] 



Hylophilus acuticauda Lawr., Proc. Ac. Sat. Sc. Pliilad. 18G5 p. 37 (Venezuela, coll. Nash). 



Altagracia: ? 5. i., <S 15. i., ¥ 24. i., "?"jnv. 24. i., S 31. i., c? juv. 5. ii., 

 <J (ad.) o. ii., tJ 29. xii. (Cherrie). 



(Nos. 8fir)3, 9270, 943.">, 9319, 9.")20, 971(), 9781, 9782, 9783, 9784, 9909, 9944, 

 10019, 10108, 10144, 10277, 10518, 10642 Cherrie coll.) 



Caicara: <J 2. ii., (J 16. ii., <S 18. iii., ? 26. ii., S 7. iv. " Iris drab ; feet pale 

 flesh-colonr ; bill dusky above, pale below." Very old birds have tlie bill nearly 

 quite black, young birds pale brownish (Cherrie). 



Ciudad Bolivar : ? ad. 29. xii. " Iris brown ; feet light sanguineous grey ; 

 maxilla black ; mandible black with light grey tip." 



? jnn. 30. xi. " Iris brown ; feet pale purplish grey ; maxilla brown ; mandible 

 whitish" c?? 13. vi. (Klages). 



These birds with dark brownish but!' underparts agree well with Lawrence's 

 description of //. acuticauda, and are quite distinct from the very yellow //. hi/po- 

 xanlhus Pelzeln, with which they have been frequently united. 



