23. TODIROSTRUM. 



2. Todirostrum sclateri. 



Triccus sclateri, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Rein. ii. p. 51. 



Todirostrum sclateri, Bed. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 553 (W. 



Ecuador) ; Tacz. et Bed. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 88 (Ecuador) ; Tacz. 



Orn. Per. ii. p. 226. 

 Todirostrum cinereum, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 283 (W. Ecuador) ; 



Tacz. P.Z. S. 1877, p. 325 (W. Peru). 



Similar to T. cinereum, but the throat and nasal coverts white 

 {Bed. et Tacz.). 



Hub. Western Ecuador and Western Peru. 



3. Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum. 



Todirostrum cLrysocrotaphurn, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 48, 

 pi. xlix. ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187 (Ucayali), 1873, 

 p. 278 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 45 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 227. 



Triccus illigeri, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 49 (1859). 



Above yellowish olive, crown and sides of the head black, broad 

 and lengthened superciliaries yellow ; wings black, margined with 

 yellowish olive ; tail black, with slight yellowish edgings : beneath 

 bright yellow, chin whitish ; bill and feet black : whole length 

 3 - 4 inches, wing 1*6, tail 1*2. 



Hob. Upper Amazonia. 



The broad yellow superciliaries at once distinguish this species 

 from all its allies except T. guttatum, which has a spotted breast. 



a. d ad. sk. Upper Ucavali (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Upper Ucayali. C. Bartlett [C.]. 



4. Todirostrum poliocephalum. 



Todus poliocephalus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 965. 



Todirostrum tlavifrons, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 361. 



Todirostrum poliocephalum, Sclater. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 84 ; id. Cat. A. 



B. p. 208 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 100 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 44. 

 Triccus poliocephalus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 496. 



Above olive, crown dark cinereous ; large frontal spot on each 

 side yellow ; wings and tail black, edged with yellowish : beneath 

 yellow ; bill black, feet blackish : whole length 4 inches, wing 1*7, 

 tail 1-4. Female similar. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



