25. HYLopniLus. 309 



Crown of head and nape rich rufous ; rest of upper parts, wings, 

 and tail olive-green as in H. poecUotis, passing into grej' on the hind 

 neck and sides of the neck : sides of head and cheeks and throat 

 grej'ish white ; ear-coverts brownish ; fore neck, chest, and breast 

 dull cream-colour ; abdomen white ; flanks washed with pale olive- 

 yellow ; edge of wing, under wing-coverts, and inner margin of 

 remiges lemon-yellow; "bill dark flesh-colour ; feet lead-colour" 

 (Sclate)'). Culmen O-o inch, wing 2, tail 2, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Eastern Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



6. Hylophilus semibrunneus. 



Hylophilus semibrunneus, Lafr. Her. Zool. ISiS, p. 341 ; Bj). C A. 



i. p. 329 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 144 ; Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. .374 ; 



Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. p. 14 ; lid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 495 ; Scl. Ibis, 



1881, p. 302. 

 " Hylophilus castaueiceps, Verr." MS., Gray, IIand-1. B. i. p. 383 ? 



Entire crown, hind neck, sides of neck, and part of the ear-coverts 

 rich rufous, gradually changing into olive on the mantle ; tail entirely 

 olive ; wings and their coverts blackish brown, externally broadly 

 edged and washed with the olive of the back; under wing-coverts, edge 

 of wing, and inner margin of remiges whitish yellow ; loral and ocular 

 region, cheeks, chin, and throat dull white ; rest of underparts yel- 

 lowish white, strongly washed with ochraceous across the chest, and 

 with olive-yellow on the sides of the breast and flanks ; under tail- 

 coverts sulphur-yellow ; " bill flesh-colour, whitish on the mandible ; 

 feet hazel "' [Scldter). Culmen 0-G inch, wing 2-5 (not 3-3), tail 2, 

 tarsus 0-67. 



ffab. Colombia. 

 a. Ad. sk. Colombia. Purchased. 



7. Hylophilus flaviventris. 



Hvlophilus flaviventris, Cab. J. f. 0. 1873, p. 64 ; Taczau. P. Z. S. 

 1874, p. 509 ; Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 302. 



General colour above olive-green, passing into fuscous grey on the 

 hind neck ; crown ashy grey ; ocular region whitish ; wings exter- 

 nally edged with olive, internally with white ; underparts pale yel- 

 low : throat white with a grey tinge ; under wing-coverts yellow ; 

 bill horn-coloiir ; feet grey. Wing 2*4 inches, tail 1*9. (Sclater.) 



Ildh. Central Peru. 



8. Hylophilus fuscicapillus. 



Hylophilus fuscicapillus, Scl. ^- Salr. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 155 : Scl. Ibis, 

 1881, p. 30.3, pi. X. Hg. 2. 



Most nearly allied to II. semibrunneus. Upper parts olive, strongly 

 washed with pale reddish brown on the mantle, hind neck, crown, 

 and sides of head ; throat fuscous white ; rest of underparts uniform 



