50. TYEANNISCUS. 131 



1. Tyrajrniscus nigricapillus. 



Tyrannulus nigricapillus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 041 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1855, p. 150, et 1860, p. 93. 

 Tyranniscus nigricapillus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 57 ; Scl. 



Cat. A. B. p. 216 ; Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 842, 1875, p. 234, 



et 1870, p. 512 ; iid. Numencl. p. 48; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 536, 



et 1880, p. 203 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 257. 



Above olive-green ; cap dull black, with a slight whitish super- 

 ciliary stripe ; wings black ; coverts broadly tipped with white or 

 yellowish white, forming two bands ; narrow external edgings to 

 most of remiges yellow ; tail blackish brown, with slight olivaceous 

 edgings : beneath yellow, rather olivaceous on throat and sides of 

 breast; under wing-coverts pale yellow : bill and feet black: whole 

 length 4-4 iuches, wing 2-4, tail 1"8. Female similar. 



Hub. Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



a. S ad.sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godtuan Coll. 



b. tS ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Jardine Coll. 



f. <$ ad. sk. Santa Elena, Antioquia (Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mon). 



g. Ad. sk. San Lucas, Ecuador ( Villa- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



gomez). 

 h. Ad. sk. Puellaro, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



*. Ad. st. S. America. Purchased. 



2. Tyranniscus cinereiceps. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 



Tyrannulus cinereiceps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 69, 283 (Ecuador). 

 Tyranniscus cinereiceps, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 216 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 "1870, p. 842, pi. liii. fi<r. 2; iid. Nomencl p. 48; Tacz. P.Z.S. 

 1874, p. 536 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 258 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, 

 p. 555, et 18S5, p. 90 (Ecuador). 



Above olive-green, cap plumbeous, lores and sides of head whitish ; 

 ear-coverts black with the basal portion yellowish ; wings black, 

 coverts broadly tipped with white, remiges mostly narrowly edged 

 with yellow ; tail brown : beneath yellow, rather whitish on the 

 chin, and more olivaceous on the breast ; under wing-coverts pale 

 yellow ; bill dark corneous ; feet blackish : whole length 4 inches, 

 wing 2-4, tail 1"7. 



Hab. Ecuador and Colombia. 



Near to T. nigricapillus, but distinguished by its plumbeous head 

 and black ear-coverts. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



(Tvpe of the species.) 



b, c. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



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