29. LornoTRrccrs. 87 



1. Lophotriccus spicifer. 



Todirostrura spiciferum, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 3(33 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1855, p. 67, pi. lxxxiv. fig. 2. 

 Euscarthmus spicifer, Scl. et Sab. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 187, 1867, p. 751, 



et 1*73, p. 278 (E. Peru); iid. Nomencl. p. 45. 

 Colopterus galeatus, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 18 (N.E. Peru). 

 Lophotriccus spicifer, Bed. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 553 ; Tacz. 



Orn. Per. ii. p. 229. 



Above olive-green ; head-crest of elongated blackish feathers 

 narrowly edged with greyish white ; wings and tail blackish, 

 margined with olive ; the wing-coverts and outer secondaries more 

 broadly tipped and edged with yellowish green : beneath greyish 

 white, with slight obsolete darker striations and strong yellowish 

 tinge on the belly ; under wing-coverts pale yellowish ; bill cor- 

 neous ; feet brown : whole length 2 - 7 inches, wing 2, tail 1*6. 

 Female similar. 



Hob. Upper Amazonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Chyavetas, E. Peru (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Lower Ucayali {Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



c. C? ad. sk. Ucayali (Hau.nvell). Gould Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Yquitos, E. Peru ( Whitely). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



e. 3 ad. sk. Chamicuros, E. Peru (Bartlett). Purchased. 



f. Ad. sk. Upper Amazons. Purchased. 



g. h. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Lophotriccus squamicristatus. 



Todirostrura squamicristatum, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 303; Sclater, 



P. Z. S. 1855, p. 148, 1857, p. 84, 1858, p. 70, 1859, p. 144, et 



1860, pp. 283, 295 : Bp. Consp. i. p. 183. 

 Euscarthmus squamicristatus, Frantz. J. f O. 1809, p. 307 (Costa 



Rica) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 145. 

 Lophotriccus squamicristatus, Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 553, 



1884, p. 296, et 1885, p. *9 ( Ecuador) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 230. 

 Orchilus pileatos, Cab. in Tseh. F. P., Aves, p. 164 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1*74, p. 535, 1877, p. 332, et 1882, p. 18 (Peru). 

 Euscarthmus pileatus, Tseh. F. P., Aves, p. 164, t. ix. fig. 1 (?). 



Above olive-green : elongated crest-feathers black, broadly tipped 

 with rufous ; wings and tail blackish edged with olive, the edgings 

 of the wing-coverts and outer secondaries broader and more yellowish : 

 beneath greyish white, clearer in the middle ; striated with darker 

 colour on the throat and breast : abdomen tinged with yellowish 

 green ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet 

 pale brown : whole length 3 - 8 inches, wing 2 - 3, tail 1*8. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Upper Amazonia, 

 Ecuador and Peru. 



a. d ad. sk. Dota, Costa Rica (Zeledon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Turri.dba, Costa Pica (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Tucurriqui, Costa Pica (Arce'). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



