with JYbies on other rare or little known Species. 267 



Habitat. South America. Supposed to be Ecuador. Type 

 in ray collection. 



Remarks. This species somewhat resembles M. leucophrys, 

 but it is of a paler yellow on the under plumage, with a much 

 smaller and weaker bill. Its rufous uropygium will readily dis- 

 tinguish it from that species. 



4. PogOBiotriccws plumbeiceps. 



Head above and hind neck dark plumbeous ; a line of grayish-white 

 between the bill and the eye ; upper plumage bright yellowish-green ; 

 tail light umber-brown, with the outer margins of the feathers the color 

 of the back ; wing coverts black, conspicuously edged with clear pale 

 yellow ; quills browmish-black, edged with yellow ; chin grayish-white ; 

 under plumage yellow, clear and bright on the abdomen, with the breast 

 greenish; bill black; feet brown. 



Length 4| in. ; wing 2§ ; tail 2| tarsi y 9 ^. 



Habitat. Bogota. Type in Mus. Smithsonian Institution, 

 No. 47105, 



Two specimens are in the collection presented to that Institu- 

 tion by the Hon. A. A. Burton. 



5. Ulyiozetetes risfipenni$. 



The plumage above is of an olivaceous-brown, with the margins of 

 the feathers light dull rufous ; the top of the head is black, with a con- 

 spicuous crown spot of bright orange ; the crown is encircled with a 

 rather narrow band of white, connecting on the hind head, and just 

 meeting in front at the base of the upper mandible; lores and sides of 

 the head, including the eyes, brownish-black ; tail feathers umber- 

 brown, all of them have both webs bordered with cinnamon-red ; the 

 primary and secondary quills are bright cinnamon-red on both webs, 

 except on a small portion of their ends, where they are umber-brown, 

 of which color are the tertiaries and the middle and larger wing coverts, 

 and all of them are conspicuously margined with cinnamon-red ; throat 

 white, with a very slight yellowish tinge; under plumage and under tail 

 coverts bright clear yellow ; there is a brownish spot on each side of 

 the breast; bill and le^s black. 



Length (skin) 6^ in. ; wing 3 T ^ ; tail 2 J ; bill ^-g- ; tarsi f. 



Habitat. Vulencin, Venezuela. Type in my collection. 



