13. GEOTHLTPIS. 361 



■wing bright j-ellow ; quills dusky below, ashy bro-wn along the edge 

 of the iuner web : " bill blackish, yellowish on lower mandible ; 

 feet yellowish ; iris brown " (Leotaud). Total length 5-2 inches, 

 culmeu 0-5, wing '2--i, tail 2*3, tarsus 0"8. 



Adult female. Wants the black on the face, the head being pale 

 slaty grey washed with olive, and rather yellower on the forehead ; 

 lores rather brighter yellow ; upper part of ear-coverts dull olive- 

 greenish, with scarcely perceptible streaks of brighter yellow, the 

 lower part of the car-coverts plainly streaked with bright yellow ; 

 rest of plumage as in the male. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 

 0-5, wing 2-1, tail 2-1, tarsus 0*8. 



Another adult female, from the island of ATexiana (Wallace), is 

 apparently in fuller plumage. General colour above dull olive- 

 brown, slightly more olive-yellow on the • rump and upper tail- 

 coverts ; wing-coverts like the back, a little yellower on the greater 

 series ; bastard- wing feathers externally pale olive-brown ; quills 

 brown, externally olive-yellow, a little lighter on the primaries ; 

 tail-feathers dull olive-yellow, lighter on the edges ; head a little 

 duller olive-brown than the back : lores and feathers above the 

 eye, as well as the eyelid, pale olive-yellow ; ear-coverts darker 

 ohve-yellow, browner on the upper edge ; cheeks and under surface 

 of body bright yellow, including the thighs and under tail-coverts ; 

 flanks and sides of body olive-brown ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts bright yellow, more brilliant on the edge of the wing : quills 

 dusky below, ashy along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 5"5 inches, culmen O'o, wing 2*4, tail 2-3, tarsus O'So. 



Hab. Amazonia, Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, and Peru. 



Sah'in-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sahin-Godman CoU. 

 Sclater Collection. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Sclater Collection. 

 J. Purdie, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9, Geothlypis anricxilaris. (Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Geothlvpis poliocephala, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 319. 



Geothl^-pis am-icularis, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 420 ; Tacz. Oni. 



Perou,^. 470(1884). 

 Geothlypis requinoctiaUs peruviana, Tacz. Orn. Perm, p. 471 (1884). 



Adult male (type of G. •pei'uvmna, Tacz.). General colour above 

 dull olive-yellow, a shade brighter on the rimip and upper tail- 

 coverts ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater 

 coverts dusky, externally like the back ; bastard-wing and ])rimary- 

 covcrts dusky bro^^^l, externally fringed with olive ; quills dusky 

 brown, edged with olive-yellow, the inner secondaries washed with 



