20. CERATOTRICCUS. 27. PBEUDOXBICCCS. 85 



26. CERATOTRICCUS. _ 



Ceratotriccus, Cab. J.f. O. 1874, p. 87 C. furcatus. 



This well-marked form has been separated from its allies by 

 Dr. Cabanis on account of its peculiar tail, which is slightly forked, 

 and has the outer rectrices rather widened at the tips. 



1. Ceratotriccus furcatus. 



Todirostrum furcatum, Lajr. JRev. Zool. 184.6, p. 362. 

 Ceratotriccus furcatus, Cab. J.f. 0. 1874, p. 87. 

 Euscarthmus apicalis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 47, pi. ix. fig. 1. 



Above olive-green ; head dull rufous ; lores paler : wings blackish, 

 slightly edged with rufous ; tail dark grey, broadly tipped with 

 clear white, which is bordered by a black subapical band : beneath 

 cinereous ; throat rufous, like the head : a large cervical spot white ; 

 under wing-coverts white ; band of the wing yellowish ; bill and 

 feet pale brown : whole length 3-8 inches, wing 1*7, tail 1-6. 



Hah. Brazil. 



The white tail-band and white cervical spot at once distinguish 

 this species, of which I have examined a single specimen, in the 

 Paris Museum. 



27. PSEUDOTRICCUS. 



Type. 

 Pseudotriccus, Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 88 P. pelzelni. 



This singular form of Western Ecuador much resembles in 

 general aspect the female of Myiobius flavicans, and one of the 

 specimens was long in my collection doubtfully referred to that 

 species. It is, however, not nearly allied to Myiobius, and in its long, 

 smooth, and slender tarsi seems to come closer to Todirostrum and 

 Euscarthmus, near whicb, for the present, I place it. At the same 

 time, the two outer toes are rather more connected than is usual in 

 the Tyrannidce, and it is quite possible that Pseudotriccus may 

 turn out to be a Piprine form, as maintained by its discoverer, 

 M. Stolzmann. 



1. Pseudotriccus pelzelni. 

 Pseudotriccus pelzelni, Tacz. et Perl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 88. 



Above uniform dark olive ; wings and tail blackish, the wing- 

 coverts like the back, the remiges and rectrices slightly edged with 

 brownish olive : beneath yellowish olive, paler in the middle ; bill 

 dark horn-colour, feet pale brown : whole -length 4-2 inches, wing 

 2-4, tail 1-9. 



Hub. Western Ecuador. 



a. cJad. sk. Machay, Ecuador (Stolzwann). Sclater Coll. 



(Autheutic specimen.) 



b. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sckter Coll. 



(Perhaps different.) 



