40. SERPHOPHAGA. 105 



and rather purer cinereous : under wing-coverts pale cinereous ; 

 bill and feet dark horn-colour : whole length 4 - 7 inches, wing 2*3, 

 tail 1 # 1. Female similar, but vertical spot not so well marked. 

 Hab. S. Brazil, Paraguay, La Plata, and Northern Patagonia. 



a. c? ad.sk. Conchitas, Buenos Arres (Hudsoyi). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



b, c. c? $ ad. Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres. H. Durnford [C.]. 

 sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres ( White). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. c<T Jad.sk. Oosquin, Cordoba, rep. Arg. Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



( White). 



f. g. Ad. sk. La Plata. Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Maldonado, Uruguay. Sir W. Burnett [P.]. 



i. 3 ad.sk. Bio Xegro of Patagonia (Hudson). Purchased. 



6. Serphophaga subfiava. 



Serphophaga subflava, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. pp. 47, 158. 



Above olive-brown ; cap brownish ; lores whitish ; wings and tail 

 brown ; wing-coverts and external secondaries edged with whitish : 

 beneath uniform yellowish, more olivaceous on the flanks ; under 

 wing-coverts pale yellow : whole length 4 - 4 inches, wing L8, 

 tail 1-9. 



Hab. Vicinity of Para, Brazil. 



The single specimen on which this species was founded remains 

 unique. The wholly yellow under surface distinguishes it from all 

 its congeners. 



a. Ad. sk. Para, Brazil ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



7. Serphophaga parvirostris. 



Tyrannula parvirostris, Gould, in Zool. Toy. 'Beagle' iii. p. 48. 

 Myiobius parvirostris, Gray, ibid. ; Gag, Faun. C/iil. Aves, p. 341. 

 Serpophaga parvirostris, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 212 ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 327 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 47 ; iid. Ibis, 1868, p. 185. 



Above didl brown ; head and nape dark cinereous ; ear-coverts 

 blackish ; wings and tail blackish, with rufous edgings to the wing- 

 coverts and outer secondaries : beneath pale cinereous ; throat and 

 lower belly more whitish; under wing-coverts pale yellowish ; inner 

 margins of wing-featbers pale rufous ; bill dark flesh-colour ; feet 

 black : whole length 4 - 7 inches, wing 2-5, tail 2. Female similar. 



Hab. Chili, Patagonia, Terra del Fuego, and Bolivia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Santiago, Chili (Reed). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Chili. T. Bridges [C.l. 



d. Ad. sk. Valparaiso, Chili. C. Darwin [C.l. 



e. Ad. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Santa Cruz, Patagouia. C. Darwin [C.]. 



(Type of the species.) 

 g. Ad. sk. St. Martin's Cove, Patagonia. Lt. A. Smith, B.N. 



[P.]. 

 h. Ad. sk. Bolivia (Bridges). Sclater Coll. 



