13. GEOTHITPIS. 355 



e'. (S ad.sk. Progress, N. Yucatan, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. (K a Devis). 

 f. <S ad. sk. Duenas, Guatemala, Sahdn-Godman CoU. 



Feb. 3 (0. S.) 

 g'. cS tiem. sk. Coban, Vera Paz, Nov. Sal\-in-Godman Coll. 



(O. S.). 

 h'. S ad. sk. Choctum,\eraPaz,Feb. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



{O.S.^-F.D. G.). 

 i'. S ad. Mem. sk. Vera Paz ( O. S. ^ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. D. G.). 

 k'. c? ad. hiem. sk. Guatemala. Sclater Collection. 



r, m'. (S ; «'. $ ad. Guatemala. Gould Collection. 



hiem. sk. 

 o'. e ad. sk. Nicaragua, May 8 (C. C. E. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



Nuttinff). 

 2)'. cS ad. sk. Volcan de CMaiqui, Ve- Salvin-Godman CoU. 



ragua (JE. Ai-ce). 

 q'. c? ad. sk. Jamaica Salvin-Godman CoU. 



r'. (S ad. hiem. sk. Jamaica. Sclater CoUection. 



s'. S ad. hiem. sk. Tobago {Kirk). Sclater CoUection. 



2. Geothlypis rostrata. 



Geothlypis rosti-ata, Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 67 (1867 



Cory, B. Bahamas, p. 7o (1880). 

 Trichas rostrata. Gray, Kand-l. B. i. p. 242, no. 3513 (1869). 

 Geothlvpis trichas, var. rostrata, Baird, Brewer, ^ Ridgiu. Hist. N. 



Amer. B. i. p. 296 (1874). 



Adidt male in winter plumatje. Above bright olive-green, a broad 

 band of black passing from the sides of the neck over the forehead, 

 including the eye, and extending to the nostril, just touching the 

 lower mandible, the black bordered posteriorly with pearl-grey, be- 

 coming deeper grey upon the crown ; underparts bright yellow, the 

 flanks shaded with olive ; quills brown, with the outer webs olive- 

 green, third primarv longest. Length 5-50 inches, wing 2-70, tail 

 2-36, tarsus U-92, biU 0-72. {Cory.) 



Adult female in zvinter plumage. The black band wanting ; 

 plumage slightly paler ; a pale ash- coloured line from over the eye 

 to sides of the neck ; crown showing a trace of brown ; otherwise 

 resembles the male. (Cory.) 



Hah. Bahama Islands. 



3. Geothlypis melanops. (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Amer., Aves, i. p. 151 (1881). 

 Trichas melanops, Gray, Sand-l. B. i. p. 242, no. 3508 (1869). 



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

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

 like the back ; median and greater series dusky brown, edged with 

 ashy olive, as well as the bastard-wing and piimary-coverts ; quiUs 

 brown, externaUy olive like the back ; tail-feathers olive-brown, 

 lighter olive on the edges of the feathers ; a broad frontal band ; 



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