128 TTRANNIDiE. 



Elainea obsoleta, Burm. Syst. TJeb. ii. p. 480. 



Myiopatis obsoleta, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hem. ii. p. 58 ; Pelz. Orn. 



Bras. p. 106. 

 Ornitliion obsoletum, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 578 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomend. 

 p. 48. 

 Above cinereous, vrbole back with a decided olivaceous tint ; 

 ■wings and tail dark ashy brown ; wing-coverts broadly margined 

 with paler rufous brown, 'and external secondaries edged with the 

 same colour : beneath very pale cinereous, whitish on the throat, 

 and with an olivaceous tinge on the belly ; under wing-coverts and 

 flanks pale yellowish white; bill brown, lower mandible carneous 

 at the base ; feet plumbeous : whole length 4-2 inches, wing 2-2, 

 tail 1-9. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



This bird is rather larger than any specimen of the preceding 

 species, and differs in its more olivaceous back, and lighter colour 

 below. I have compared it with Myiopatis obsoleta of the Berlin 

 Museum, and Muscicapara obsoleta of d'Orbigny. 



a. Ad. sk. Ypanema, S.E. Brazil (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Brazil. J- Gould, Esq. 



49. TYRANNULUS. T 



Type. 



Tyrannulus, Vieill. Analyse, p. 31 (1816) T. elatus. 



A little group of three species, of which the two last are not very 

 distinct, ranging from Guatemala to Amazonia. It would be better 

 perhaps to restrict the name to the typical species, which is very 

 well distinguished by its elevated crest, short compressed bill, feebly- 

 bristled rictus, short wings and tail. But although T. semiflavus 

 and T. brunneicapillus have no crest, they come very near in other 

 respects. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Head with a yellow crest ; throat white. 1. elatus, p. 128. 



B. Head not crested; whole body below 



yellow : 



"l cap well-defined, plumbeous 2. semiflavus, p. 129. 



| cap not so distinct, brownish 3. brunneicapillus, p. 129. 



1. Tyrannulus elatus. 



Le Boitelet Mesange, Buff. N. H. v. p. 375. 



Mesange lmppee de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 708. fig. 2. 



.Gold-naped Wren, Lath. G. H. vii. p. 255. 



Sylvia elata, Lath. lnd. Orn. ii. p. 549. 



Tyrannulus elatus, Vieill. Lnc. Meth. p. 510 ; id. Gal. Ois. i. p. 93, 

 pi. 71 ( c? ) ; Burm. Syst. TJeb. ii. p. 483 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 185 ; Cab. 

 et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 58 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 150, et 1856, 

 p. 141 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 215 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 106 ; Later. 



