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2. Colopterus galeatus. 



Figuier hup! ie Cayenne, Daub. PL Enl. 391. fig. 1. 



Motacilla galeata, Bodd. Table d. PL Enl, p. 24. 



Colopterus galeatus, Cab. et Hein. Mils. Hein. ii. p. 52 ; Scl. Cat 

 A. B. p. 210 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 102 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 577 (Lower Amazons) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 46 ; Bayard, Ibis, 

 1873, p. 382 (Para); Tctcz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 18 (N.E. Peru); 

 Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 293 (Br. Guian.). 



Motacilla cristata, Gm. S. N. i. p. 972. 



Colopterus cristatus, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 253 ; Cab. et 

 Hein. 31us. Hein. ii. p. 52. 



Above olive ; elongated crest-feathers blackish in the centre : 

 wings and tail blackish edged with olive : beneath whitish, with 

 obsolete ashy striatious on the throat and breast ; belly and flanks 

 tinged with yellowish olive ; under wing-coverts pale yellow; bill 

 horn-colour ; feet pale brown : whole length 3'3 inches, wing 1/7, 

 tail 1"5. Female similar. 



Hub. Venezuela, Guiana, and Lower Amazonia. 



32. HEMITKICCUS. „, 



Type. 

 Hemitriccus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 52 (1859) H. diops. 



The Brazilian form isolated by Messrs. Cabanis and Heine under 

 the name Hemitriccus is not very far from Euscarihmus, but may be 

 suffered to remain alone in view of its narrow beak and longer tail. 

 The tarsi are long and slender, with the scutal divisions apparent. 



1. Hemitriccus diops. 



Muscicapa diops, Temm. PL Col. 144. f. 1. 



Todirostrum diops, Bafr. Bev. Zool. 1846, p. 365 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 182. 

 Euscarthmus vilis, Barm. Syst. Ueb. ii. p. 490. 



Hemitriccus diops, Cab. et Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 52 ; Scl. Cat. A. 

 B. p. 210 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 103 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl, p. 46. 



Above uniform dull olive-green ; wings and tail blackish with 

 similar edgings ; ring round the eye whitish ; lores blackish : 



