28 TYBANNID2E. 



brown : beneath pale sulphur-yellow, throat greyish white ; under 

 wing-coverts yellowish ; bill and feet black : whole length 5-5 

 inches, wing 2-5, tail 2*5. Female similar, but smaller. 



Hab. Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela, 

 and llorainia, British Guiana. 



a, b- 6 2 a( l- s k- Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta Sclater Coll. 



( Simons). 



r. d. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/, g. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



h. $ a( h sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Ad.sk. Caracas, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



j. d ad.sk. Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. 



k, 1-6 2 a, h s ^- Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitely). 



m, n. 3 J ad. sk. Koraima, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



( Whitely). 



o. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Mecocerculus uropygialis. 



]\Iecocerculus uropygialis, Lmvrence, Ann. L. N. Y. ix. p. 2G6. 

 Tyranniscus uropygialis, Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 296. 



Apparently closely allied to M. Teucoplirys, but distinguished by 

 its smaller size, light-coloured tail-coverts, and uniform dusky 

 under surface. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



I have examined two specimens of this species, Mr. Lawrence's 

 type and an example kindly lent to me by Graf v. Berlepsch. 



3. Mecocerculus stictopterus. 



Elainia stictoptera, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 554, pi. 14G. f. 2, 1859, 



p. 46, et 1860, pp. 68, 79. 

 Mecocerculus stictopterus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 199; Berl. et Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1884, p. 295 (W. Ecuador) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 18 



(N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 201. 

 Ochthceca stictoptera, Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 750 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 



1875, p. 234 (Merida) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 202 (N. Peru). 



Above dark olive ; head cinereous, superciliaries white ; wings 

 blackish, tips of coverts with broad white ends, forming two well- 

 marked cross bands ; remiges narrowly edged with yellowish ; tail 

 pale brown : beneath white ; breast greyish ; crissum, flanks, and 

 under wing-coverts tinged with sulphur-yellow : bill black, lower 

 mandible at base carneous ; feet brown : whole length 4-5 inches, 

 wing ^ - 6, tail 2-5. Female similar, but smaller. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. 



Nearly allied to M. leucojyfiri/s, but distinguishable by its cinereous 

 head and the white colour below. 



