392 MNIOTlLTID.li. 



each side of the crown a broad hand of black extending from the 

 base of the bill to the sides of the hind neck, and enclosing the occi- 

 put, nape, and hind neck, which are olive-yellow, of the same tint 

 as the supcrciliarj' streak, and somewhat contrasting with the back ; 

 a narrow but distinct yellow eyebrow, runnijig from the base of the 

 nostrils to the sides of the neck, and skirting the black band of the 

 crown ; the fore part of this eyebrow brighter yellow, the hinder 

 part tinged with olive like the back ; lores and car-coverts dusky 

 olive, the latter wi1"h faintly defined yellow shaft-lines ; cheeks, 

 throat, and under surface of body generally bright yellow, washed 

 ■with olive on the fore neck and chest ; the sides of the body and 

 thighs olive-greenish ; inider tail-coverts bright yellow ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts yellow with ashy bases ; quills dusky below, 

 whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total length 4-5 inches, 

 culmen 0'45, wing 2"25, tail 1'8, tarsus 0'8. (Mas. Varsov.) 



I have described a specimen lent to me by Dr. Taczanowski from 

 Peru, as the latter is tlie typical locahty, and the Bolivian specimens 

 are not in such good condition as the Peruvian one. 



Examples from Bolivia in the Salvin-and-Godmau collection also 

 have the entire bill black. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2-7, tail 2-4, tarsus 0'85. 



Hab. Peru and Bolivia. 



a. Ad. sk. Simacu, Bolivia (C. Bucliey). Sclater Collection. 



b. Ad.sk. Simacu, Bolivia (C. i?Hc/i-/f-_ii/). Salvin-Godmau Coll, 



c. Ad. sk. Consata, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



18. Basileuterus roraimae. 



Adult male. General colour above dark yellowish olive, darker olive 

 towards the upper tail-coverts ; lesser and median wing-coverts like 

 the back ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dull brown, edged with the same colour as the back, the first pri- 

 mary ashy white along the outer web ; tail-feathers brown, exter- 

 nally dull olive ; top of head orange-riifous ; the nape clear greenish 

 olive and bordered by a broad band of black, which extends from the 

 base of the forehead along the sides of the crown to the hind neck ; 

 below this black streak a second superciliary line of pale olive- 

 yellow ; lores and upper and under edge of eyelid also pale yellow ; 

 in front of the eye a black spot ; feathers below the eye and ear- 

 coverts dark olive, with olive-yellow shaft-lines ; anterior and poste- 

 rior edge of eyelid and a narrow streak along the upper edge of the 

 ear-coverts dusky blackish ; cheeks and under surface of body bright 

 yellow ; the sides of the body and flanks dark yellowish olive, as 

 also the thighs ; axillaries and under wing-coverts dark yellowish 

 olive, brighter yellow near the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, 

 ashy whitish aloTig the edge of the inner web. Total length 5-4 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-7, tail 2-45, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Scarcely to be distinguished from the male ; the 

 rufous coronal feathers lighter and tipped with pale olivc-ycUow, 

 and the olive-yellow superciliary streak not quite so pronounced. 



