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shaft-streaks. Crissum pale yellowish. Bill horn color, paler beneath ; legs 

 dusky. Iris "grayish-brown" {Max.). 



(No. 173, Bahia.) Total length, 4.40; wing, 2.10; tail, 2.25; difference of 

 feathers, .30; difference of 10th and longest quills, .30; exposed portion of 

 1st primary, .80, of 2d, 1.32, of longest (4th) (measured from exposed base 

 of 1st primary), 1.60 ; length of bill from forehead, .54, from nostril, .31, along 

 gape, .60; tarsus, .70; middle toe and claw, .52, claw alone, .16; hind toe 

 and claw, .44, claw alone, .21. 



The description given above is from a Babia specimen belonging 

 to Mr. Lawrence. Another, in defective condition, from an unlcnown 

 locality on the coast of Brazil (Xo. 23,979), is much more 3'ellow 

 beneath, including crissum, and with the wings of same length, has 

 the tail much longer (2.60). 



HylopHiiliis ocliraceiceps. 



Ilylophilus ocliraceiceps, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859,375 (Oasaca). — Ib. 

 Catal. 1861, 44, no. 268.— Sclater & Saltin, Ibis, ISCO, 397. 

 (Guatemala). 



Hah. "Western Mexico, to Costa Rica. 



(No. 22,375, %, a type.) Third quill equal to 7th ; 2d considerably shorter 

 than lUth and secondaries ; tail rounded. 



Upper parts olivaceous-rufous ; the tail clear rufous brown ; the rump dull 

 olive green. Cap brownish ochrey, brighter anteriorly, more yellow on the 

 edges anterior to the eye. Beneath faint ochrey yellow ; the chin and throat, 

 with cheeks more ashy, the breast more ochrey, the flanks and crissum more 

 olivaceous, the inside of wings and inner edges of quills yellowish. Edges 

 of inner secondaries externally like the back, their border becoming paler 

 towards the outer primaries, the coverts at the base of the primary quills 

 clear dark brown, forming a marked spot. Bill horn color above, paler below ; 

 feet apparently reddish. 



(No. 22,375, S.type.) Total length, 4.10; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.95; differ- 

 ence of feathers, .25 ; difference of 10th and longest quills, 28 ; exposed por- 

 tion of 1st primary, .72, of 2d, 1.30, of longest (5th) (measured from exposed 

 base of 1st primary), 1.65 ; length of bill from forehead, .60, from nostril, 

 .35, along gape, .65 ; tarsns, .68 ; middle toe and claw, .50, claw alone, .20 ; 

 hind toe and claw, .48, claw alone, .22. 



A second specimen, from Costa Rica, agrees with the one just 

 described, but with less of the ochrey tinge on the breast. 



