30. ORCHILUS. 80 



Triccus auricularis, Barm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. -i'.»f). 



Orchilus auricularis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 51 ; Scl. Cat. A. 



B. p. 209 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 102 ; Scl. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 45 ; 



Hamilton, Ibis, 1871, p. 304 (S. Paulo) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1874, p. 88 



(Rio); Berl. et Jher. Zeitschr. Orn. 1885, p. 130 (Rio Grande 



do Sul). 



Above bright olive-green ; wings and tail blackish with olive- 

 green edgings, which are more yellowish on the wing-coverts and 

 outer secondaries ; ring round the eye and adjacent portion of ear- 

 coverts pale rufous, bordered behind by a large black patch : beneath 

 yellowish, clearer in the middle of the belly ; throat greyish white, 

 obsoletely striated with blackish ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; 

 bill horn-colour, whiter below at the base ; feet reddish : whole 

 length 2-5 inches, wing 1*6, tail 1*1. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Parana, Brazil (Rogers). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Pelotas, Bio Grande do Sul (Joyner). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Jardine Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Brazil. Gould Coll. 

 y. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



h. Ad. st. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



i. Ad. st. Brazil. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



2. Orchilus ecaudatus. 



Todirostium ecaudatum, a" Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 47 ; aVOrb. Vol/., 



Ois. p. 316, t. xxxiii. tigs. 1, 2. 

 Orchilus ecaudatus, Pelz. Om. Bras. p. 102 ; Scl et Salv. P. Z. S. 



1868, p. 631, 1878, p. 138, et 1879, p. 613 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 45 ; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 234. 



Above yellowish olive ; crown cinereous ; wings and tail blackish 

 narrowly edged with olive, the margins of the coverts and outer 

 secondaries broader and more yellowish : beneath white, abdomen 

 tinged with yellowish ; under wing-coverts pale yellow : whole 

 length 2-8 inches, wing 1*2, tail - 5. 



Hub. Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela. 



a. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. San Esteban, Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. 



3. Orchilus atricapillus. 



Todirostium ecaudatus, Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. ix. p. 110. 

 Orchilus atricapillus, Later. Ibis, 1875, p. 385. 



Like O. ecaudatus, but crown black, a white line through the 

 lores, and abdomen clear yellow (Lawrence). 

 Hub. Costa Rica. 



