96 DENDKOCOLAPTIDiE. 



27. PHILYDOR*. 



Type. 



Philydor, Spt.v, Av. Bras. i. p. 73 (1824) P. superciliaris. 



Deudroma, Siu. Class. B. ii. p. 31G (1837) P. rufus. 



Under PhUi/dor, as in the ' Nomenclator,' I place the smaller and 

 fechler forms of what were formerly called Anahates. It is difficult 

 to draw any other distinction between this and the jirecediug 

 gronp, and it would be better perhaps to arrange them together. 

 Eut until a completely fresh revision of the Dendrocolaptida can be 

 made, for which more tmie and greater materials are required, I 

 think it unadvisable to disturb the existing nomenclature. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Cap black ; superciliaries cinnamomeous . . 1. atricapillus, p. 96. 



B. Cap cinereous; back olive-brown; super- 



ciliaries fulvous. 



( Head darker; throat duller 2. rufus, p. 97. 



] Head lighter ; throat brighter 3. coloinhi(u>u», p. 98. 



C. Cap greyish olive Uke back ; wings rufous . 4. enjthruptcntSj-^.QS. 



D. Cap chestnut 5. cunsubrmus, p. 98. 



E. Cap brown, with distinct superciliaries. 



a. Wings blackish ; back brown. 



I liump and tail bright cinnamomeous . 6. pi/rrkodes, p. 99. 



I Hump and tail rufous 7. fusci])ennis, p. 99. 



b. Wings blackish ; back chestnut 8. erythronotus, p. 99. 



c. Wings chestnut ; back brown 9. iianerythrus, p. 100. 



F. Cap olivaceous like the back ; wiugs not 



rufous. 



d. Rump uniform with back 10. ruficaudatus, p. 100. 



e. Rump chestnut like the tail. 

 a' . Superciliaries distinct. 



) Beneath cinnamomeous 11. suhfiilvus, p. 101. 



) Beneath pale fulvous , . . 12. erythrocerats, p. 101. 



b' . Superciliaries not defined 13. cervicalis, p. lOl. 



1. Phylidor atricapillus. 



Anabates atricapillus, Max. Reise,i\.^. 147 (1821); id. Beitr. iii. 



p. 1187. 

 Sphenura superciliaris, Licht. Doubl. p. 41 (1823). 

 Xenops canivetii. Less. Cent. Zool. p. 60, pi. 16. 

 Xenops melauocephalus, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 318. 

 Anabates superciliaris, Burin. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 28. 

 Anabates atricapillus, Bp. Consul, i. p. 211. 

 Philvdor superciliaris, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 73, pi. 73. fig. 1 ; Cab. et 



m-in. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 29; Sd. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 378 (Brazil); 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 154 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 66. 



* Refer also to the following species : — 



1. P. siibflavesrcjis, Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. G6 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 528 ; 



id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 1.56 (Peru). 



2. Philydor virqatus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 4fi8, et ix. p. lOfi ; 



Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 304 (Costa Kica) ; Berl, Pr. U. S. N. M. 1888, 

 p. 565. 



