40. SEEPHOPHAGA. 101 



Above greyish olive ; lores and short superciliary streak yellowish ; 

 wings blackish brown ; tips of wing-coverts and outer margins of 

 secondaries white ; tail blackish, all the lateral rectrices crossed by 

 a broad white median and a second terminal band ; under surface 

 pale yellow; bill and feet black: whole length 5 inches, wing 2-1, 

 tail 2'5. 



Hub. Bolivia, Peru, Int. of Brazil, and Northern La Plata. 



a. Ad. sk. Upper Ucayali (Bartlett). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Lower Ucavali. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Bolivia (Bridges). T. Bridges [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Salta, rep. Arg. H. Durnford [0.1. 

 /. Ad. sk. Tucunian, rep. Arg. H. Durnford L C.]. 



2. Stigmatura flavo-cinerea. 



Phvlloscartes tlavo-cinerea, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 455 ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1872, p. 542; Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 197. 

 Stigmatura flavo-cinerea, Scl. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 542, 549 ; Scl. et 



Salv. Nomencl. p. 46 ; Scl. et Hudson, Arg. Orn. i. p. 139. 



Above greyish olive ; lores and superciliary stripe whitish ; wings 

 blackish, with whitish edgings to the coverts and outer secondaries ; 

 tail blackish ; outer web of the external rectrix and broad tips of 

 four external pairs white, the two external pairs in some specimens 

 also with a white spot in the middle of the internal web : beneath 

 pale yellow ; bill and feet black : whole length 5'8 inches, wing 2-3, 

 tail 3. Female similar. 



Hub. Argentine Republic and Northern Patagonia. 



In the Bio Negro specimens the white tail-markings are but 

 faintly shown. 



a. c? ad.sk. Mendoza, rep. Arg. (Weisskaupt). Sclater Coll. 



b,c. $ Jad.sk. Mendoza, rep. Arg. ( Weisshaupt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d,e.S jad.sk. Cosquin, Corbobo, rep. Arg. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( niiite). 



f. 3 ad. sk. Rio Negro of Patagonia [Hudson). Sclater Coll. 



g. $ ad. sk. Rio Negro of Patagonia (Hudson). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h. j ad. sk. Rio Negro of Patagonia (Hiulson). Purchased. 



40. SERPHOPHAGA. T 



Type. 



Serpophaga, Gould, Zool. Voy. ' Beagle, 1 iii. p. 49 



(1841) S. subcristata. 



Colorhampiius, Sund. Meth. Nat. Av. p. 59 (1872) . . S. parvirostris. 



In SerphopJiaga and the succeeding genera the beak becomes 

 much compressed, and it is somewhat hard to draw the line between 

 these forms and the Elainehue. But the rictal bristles are more or 

 less developed in Serphophaga and its allies. 



The seven species which I refer to this genus have a wide distri- 

 bution from Costa Rica to Chili and Patagonia. 



