23. TODIROSTRUM. 75 



Above black ; lores whitish, a patch on the outer webs of the 

 external secondaries creamy white ; tail black, external rectrices 

 tipped with white : beneath white ; sides of breast blackish, flanks 

 and under wing-coverts tinged with yellow ; upper mandible black, 

 lower mandible and feet white : whole length 3 - 5 inches, wing 2, 

 tail 1-4. 



Hub. Western Eucador. 



A very well-marked species, recognizable by its black upper 

 surface. 



a. Ad. sk. Eio Napo. Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Rio Napo. Gould Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Eio Napo. Purchased. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



13. Todirostrum capitale. 



Todirostruin capitale, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 88, pi. 125. fig. 2, et 

 1858, p. 70; id. Cat. A. B. p. 208; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 45. 



Above olive ; crown rufous ; wings blackish, edged with olive ; 

 outer secondaries with a broad external margin of pale yellowish 

 (as in T. pkatum) ; tail blackish, edged with olive ; outer rectrices 

 tipped with white : beneath white, sides of neck dusky grey ; flanks 

 and under wing-coverts tinged with pale yellowish ; bill above 

 black, lower mandible white ; feet pale brown : whole length 2*5 

 inches, wing 1*7, tail 1*3. 



Hub. Western Ecuador. 



Count v. Berlepsch suggests to me that this may be the female of 

 T. pkatum, which is possible, though in all other species of the 

 genus the sexes arc similar. 



a. Ad. sk. Rio Napo. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad.sk. Rio Napo. Jardine Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Rio Napo. Purchased. 



e,f. Ad.sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



14. Todirostrum ruficeps. 



Todirostrum ruficeps, Kemp, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 52 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1855, pp. 67, 148, et 1857, p. 84 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 207; Scl. et Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 45 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 512 (Antioquia). 

 Todirostrum multicolor, Strickl. Contr. Dm. 1852, p. 42, pi. 85. fig. 2. 



Above clear olive ; crown red, surrounded by a black line ; ear- 

 coverts white, bordered below by a black line ; wings and tail black, 

 coverts tipped with pale yellow ; remiges and rectrices margined 

 with olive : beneath yellow ; chin, throat, and fore neck white ; bill 

 black : feet brown : whole length 4 inches, wing 1-9, tail 1-5. 

 /•'. nidi, similar. 



Hub. Colombia. 



