242 MNIOTILTID^. 



u. Ad. hiem. sk. Bogota. Sclater Collection. 



V. Ad. biem. sk. Concordia, Antioquia Sclater Collection. 



{Sabnv)i). 



IV. Ad. hiem. sk. Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 



5. Helminthophila ruficapilla. 



Sylvia ruticapilla, Wils. Amer. Om. iii. p. 120, pi. 27. fig. 3 (1811). 



Sylvia rubricapilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. vi. p. 15 (1812) ; Audub. B. 

 Amm: pi. 89; id. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 450 (1831). 



Sylvia leucogastra, Steph. Gen. Zool. x. p. 622 (1817). 



Sylvia naslivillei, Bmm. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 451 (1823). 



Sylvicola (Vermivora) rubricapilla, Swains. ^- Richards. Faun. 

 Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 220, pi. 42, upper fig. (1831). 



Sylvicola rubricapilla, Richards. Rejj. Brit. Assoc. 1836-37, p. 171. 



Vermivora rubricapilla, Jard. ed. JFilson's Amer. Om. i. p. 407 (1832) ; 

 Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. ^ N. Amer. p. 21 (1838) ; Nutt. Man. 

 p. 472 (1840). 



Helinaia rubricapilla, Audub. Syn. p. 70 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. ii. 

 p. 103, pi. 113 (1841). 



Muiotilta ruficapilla, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 196 (1848) ; id. Hand-l. B. 

 1. p. 239, no. 3456 (1869). 



Helmitheros rubricapilla, Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 315 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 291. 



Helminthophaga rubricapilla, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 20 (1850) ; 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 363. 



Helmiutbopbaga ruficapilla, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 256 (1858) ; 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 298, 1859, p. 373 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 29 

 (1862) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1863, p. 62 ; Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 175 

 (1865) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 477 ; Laivr. Ann. Lxjc. N. Y. viii. 

 p. 284 (1866) ; Sumichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 546 (1869) ; 

 Cooper, B. Calif, p. 82 (1870) ; Allen, Bull. Mxis. Comp. Zool. 

 Cambr. iii. p. 175 (1872) ; Copies, Key N. Amer. B. p. 95 (1872) ; 

 Maynard, B. Florida, p. 63 (1873) ; Scl. 8j- Salv. Nomencl. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 8 (1873); Coues, B. N.-West, p. 50 (1874); Baird, 

 Brewer, fy Ridgiv. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 196, pi. 11. figs. 7, 8 

 (1874) ; Hensh. List B. Ariz. p. 156 (1875) ; id. Zool. Expl. W. 

 100th Merid. p. 188 (1876) ; Later. Bidl. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 

 p. 15 (1876) ; Ridgw. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 40th Par. p. 427 

 (1877) ; Senneft, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 12 (1878) ; Merrill, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 123 (1878) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 89 

 (1882) ; id. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 115 (1880) ; 

 Ridgtv. Bidl. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 16 (1881) ; Coues, Check- 

 list, p. 45 (1882). 

 Muiotilta rubricapilla, Reinh. Ibis, 1861, p. C. 

 Helmiutbopbaga ruficapilla, var. ocularis, Ridi/ic. in Baird, Breioer, 



^- Ridgiv. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 191 (1874)'. 

 Helmiutbopbaga ruficapilla, var. gutturalis, id. t. c. p. 191 (1874). 

 Helmintbopbila ruficapilla, Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii. p. 54 

 (1882) ; Coties, Key N Amer. B. 2ud ed. p. 294 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above duU yellowish olive, a little 

 brighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts dusky, externally like 

 the back, a little tinged with ashy ; bastard-wing dusky, externally 

 ashy olive ; primary-coverts and quills dusky, externally dull 

 yellowish olive, the first primary margined with ashy whitish ; tail- 



