13. GEOTHLTPIS. 363 



duskj' belo-n', ashy along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 5 inches, ciilmen 0-0, wing 2-4, tail 2, tarsus 0-9. 

 Hah. Veragua. 



a, b. c? ad. sk. Volcan de Chiriqui, Veragua Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {E. Arce). (Types of species.) 



11. Geothlypis velata. (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Sylvia velata, Vieill. Oi's. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 22, pi. Lxxiv. (1807) ; 



' D'Orb. Vol/. Amer. Mend. iv. p. 217 (1835-44). 

 Sylvia cucidlata, Lath. Ind. Oni. ii. ^. 528 (1790). 

 Contramaestre verde pecho de oro, Azara, Apimt. ii. p. 54 (1807). 

 TanagTa canicapilla, Swains. Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. iii. pi. 174 (1822- 



Sylvia canicapilla, Neuicied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iii. p. 701 (1831). 



Tiichas canicapilla, Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 11 (1847). 



Triehas velata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 197 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 310 



(1850); Burm. fh. Bras. iii. p. 115 (1856); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 242, no. 3504 (1869) ; Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 71 (1871). 

 Geothh-pis velata, Cab. Mtts. Hein. Th. i. p. 16 (1850) ; Scl Cat. 



Ame'r. B. p. 27 (1862) ; Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 223 (1865) ; 



Nidt. Orn. Club, viii. p. 87 (1883); Tacz. Or)i. Peroii, p. 469 

 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish green, the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills dusky brown, externally edged with olive-yellow, 

 a little lighter than the back, the first primary with a distinctly 

 paler margin than the rest ; tail-feathers dull olive-green, rather 

 lighter on the outer edge of the feathers, the outer ones having a 

 pale fringe near the end of the inner web ; crown of head to the 

 occiput clear blue-grey, the nape and hind neck being like the 

 back ; across the base of the forehead a narrow black band joining 

 the lores, feathers round and below the eye, and fore part of 

 ear-coverts, all of which are black ; hinder ear-coverts grej-, washed 

 with yellow ; sides of neck like the back ; cheeks and under surface 

 of body bright yellow, including the under tail-coverts, but a little 

 duEcr on the thighs ; sides of breast and flanks darker and more 

 olive-greenish ; axillaries and under wing-coverts bright yellow, 

 especially vivid on the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, ashy 

 along the edge of the inner web : " upper mandible blackish, the 

 lower one reddish white ; feet brownish flesh-colour '" (Neuwied) ; 

 " iris brown " (Burmeister). Total length 5-6 inches, culmen 0'55, 

 wing 2'4, tail 2*4, tarsus 0'85. 



In winter the plumage of the male is duller, the grey of the head 

 being obscured by brown tips to the feathers ; the back is also 

 slightly greener. 



Adidt firnale. Differs from the male in wanting the black on the 

 face, and in having the head only a little browner than the back j 



