398 MNIOTILTTDJ!;, 



P. Z. .S. I860, p. 284; Baird, Revieiv Amer. 5. p. 248 (1865); 

 Sumichr. Mem. Bust. Sur. N. H. i. p. 549 (1866) ; Scl. ^ Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. JVeotr. p. 10 (1873) ; Laivr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. 

 ii. p. 270 (1874) ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mm. no. 4, p. 16 (1876) ; 

 Salv. ^ Gochn. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves. i. p. 175 (1881). 

 Basileuterus delattrii (nee Bp.), Scl. P. Z. S. I860, p. 250. 



Adult. General colour olive-yellowish, the wing-coverts rather 

 lighter yellow than the back ; bastard-wing feathers dusky brown, 

 ashy olive on the outer web ; primary-coverts dusky, edged with 

 dull olive-green; quills dusky brown, edged with olive-yellow, 

 lighter on the primaries, the first primary margined with ashy 

 white ; tail-feathers light ashy brown, externally olive-yellow, the 

 outer ones fringed with ashy whitish near the tip of the inner web ; 

 entire crown bright bay, bordered by a distinct line of white from 

 the base of the bill to the sides of the occiput ; lores and a line 

 above and below the eye black ; sides of face and cheeks pale ashy 

 grey, the latter minutely mottled with dusky bases to the feathers ; 

 ear-coverts bright bay, behind them a white patch ; sides of neck 

 ashy washed with olive ; base of cheeks and base of chin white ; 

 remainder of under surface of body bright yellow ; the abdomen 

 ashy white with a slight tinge of yellow ; Hanks olive-brown washed 

 with yellow ; thighs ashy, posteriorly green ; under tail-coverts 

 very pale olive-yellow, with dusky bases to the feathers ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts yellow, the latter a little more olive ; quills 

 dusky below, whitish along the inner web : " bill black ; feet hazel- 

 brown" (Scdvin). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 2-1, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus 0-85. 



Mab. Mexico to Guatemala. 



a. Ad. St. Mexico. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. Mexico (Salle). Sclater Collection. 



d. Ad. sk. S. Mexico (De Oca). Sclater Collection. 



e. Ad. sk. Jalapa {De Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Jalapa ( C. F. Hoge). Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 '(/. cJ ad. sk. Cinco Senores,Feb. (^. 5oMcar<?). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h, i. S ad. sk. Duenas, Guatemala (O. <S'.). Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 A;. Ad. sk. Coban, Vera Paz, Nov. (O. iS.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Coban, Jan. (O. S. (§• F. B. G.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 m. Ad. sk. Cajabon, Vera Paz, Jan. (0. 6'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



24. Basileuterus melanogenys. 



Basileuterus melanogenys, Baird, Revieiv Amer. B. p. 248 (1865) ; 

 Lazvr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 95 ( 1868) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 183 ; Scl. 8)- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 10 (1873) ; Salv. ^ 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 174, pi. 10. fig. 3 (1881). 



Setophaga melanogenys, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 245, no. 3557 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above dull olive with a greyish shade, 

 particularly on the hind neck ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median wing-coverts blackish, tipped with greenish grey, the greater 



