17. BASIXEUTERTIS, 395 



21. Basileuterus belli. 



Muscicapa belli, Girand, Sivteen B. Texas, t. 4. fig. 1 (1841). 

 Basileuterus chrysoplu'vs, £p. Consp. i. p. 314 (1850, ex LicJit. MS.); 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. '202. 

 Basileuterus belli, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 65, 1859, p. 374 ; Salv. ^ Scl. 



Ibis, 1860, p. 31 ; Scl. Cat. Amei: B. p. 35 (1862); Baird, Revieio 



Amer. B. p. 250 (1865) ; Sumichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. 



p. 546 (1869) ; Scl. ^- Salv. Numencl. Av. Neotr. p. 10 (1873) ; 



Rids/w. Bull. U.S. Nat. 3Ius. no. 21, p. 19 (1881) ; Salv. ^ Godm. 



Biol. Ceiitr.-Avier., Aves, i. p. 174 (1881). 

 Setophaga bellii, Gray, Hund-l. B. i. p. 245, no. 3556 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above dull green, the long feathers of 

 the rump with a subterminal bar of white ; the lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median a)id greater coverts dusky brown, externally 

 yellowish green, paler than the back ; bastard-wing feathers dusky 

 brown, externally greenish grey ; primarj-- coverts and quills dusky 

 brown, externally margined with green, rather yellower on the 

 primaries, the first primary edged with ashy white; tail-feathers 

 ashy brown, externally green like the back ; crown of head deep 

 chestnut, bordered on each side by a stripe of black from the base 

 of the bill to the nape, and succeeded by a broad eyebrow of golden 

 yellow ; lores, feathers above and below the eye, and ear-coverts 

 deep chestnut ; in front of the eye a blackish spot ; cheeks and 

 entire under surface of body bright yellow ; sides of breast and 

 flanks pale greenish, as also the thighs ; under tail-coverts bright 

 yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts yellow, with ashy bases ; 

 quills dusky below, ashy along the edge of the inner web : '■ bill 

 dull horn-colour ; feet pale flesh-colour " (Salvin). Total length 

 4-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-35, tail 2, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but the facial markings not so 

 pronounced, the chestnut paler, and the black lateral streaks on the 

 crown less strongly marked. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 2-35, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. Central America from Mexico to Guatemala. 



Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 M. A. Salle [C.]. 

 Sclater Collection. 

 SaMn-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Collection. 

 Sclater Collection. 



Sclater Collection. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



