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o'. Eyebrow and sides of face riifous. 

 g^. Wiug-coverts edged with ru- 

 fous mesoleiicus, p. 402. 



h^. No rufous edgings to the wing- 

 coverts holivianus, p. 402 



d' . Basal portion of tail buff or creamy white, 

 as well as the rump and upper tail- 

 coTerts. 

 c". Terminal band on tail dark brown or 

 black. 

 h'". Rump and base of tail white; ter- 

 minal baud on tail broad (1 inch) ; 



ej'ebrow white leucopygius, p. 402. 



i'". Rump and base of tail pale fawn- 

 colour ; terminal band on tail nar- 

 rower (0-9 inch) ; eyebrow dull 



whitish veraguensis, p. 40.3. 



k'". Rump and base of tail deep fawn- 

 colour or pale ferruginous ; terminal 

 band on tail narrow (0"7 inch) ; eye- 

 brow rufous semicervinm, p. 404. 



d". Terminal band on tail oliye like the 



back (0"8 inch) ; eyebrow rufous .... uropygialis, p. 405. 



1. Basil euterus luteoviridis. 



Trichas luteoviridis, "i?;>. Atti Set. Ital." 1844, p. 40.5 (teste Scl.). 

 Mviothlvpis luteoviridis, Bj). Cotisp. i. p. 311 (1850) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



■J874,p. .50U. 

 Chlorospingus xanthophrys, Scl. P.Z.S. 1856, pp. 30, 93; id. Cat. 



Amer. B. p. 90 (1862). 

 Basileuterus luteoviridis, Sd. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 10 



(1873); Tacz. Oni. Perou, p. 477 (1874). 

 Basileuterus luteoviridis 5 (^''>'-)) Gray et and. 



Adult (type of Chlorospingus xanthophrys, Sclater). General 

 colour above olive-green, the lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median and greater series dusky brown, externally rather yellower 

 than the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky 

 brown, externally edged with olive-green, the first primary mar- 

 gined with ashy olive ; tail-feathers olive-brown, externally lighter 

 olive-greenish ; crown of head like the back, with an ill-defined 

 line of dusky blackish from the base of the biU along the sides of 

 the crown, succeeded by a superciliary streak of bright yellow, ex- 

 tending to above the eye, the hinder part of this streak light yel- 

 lowish olive above the ear-coverts ; lores, eyelid, and a streak along 

 the top of the ear-coverts dusky blackish ; lower edge of eyelid 

 yellow ; feathers below the eye yellow, with dusky bases : ear- 

 coverts olive, streaked with yellowish-white shaft-lines ; cheeks and 

 under surface of body rich yellow, deeper on the fore neck ; sides 

 of breast and flanks dark olive ; thighs ashy ; under tail-coverts 

 yellow, with dusky olive bases ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 dull olive-yellow, with dusky ashy-brown bases ; quills dusky 

 below, ashy along the edge of the inner web : " bill black ; feet 



