57. conopias. 173 



h, i. 3 2 ad. sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( Whitely). 



j. />•. c? 2 ad. sk. Camaeusa, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Wliitely). 

 l,7ii. cJ J ad sk. Carimang r., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitely). 

 n. 3 ad. sk. Merumo" Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Whitdy). 



57. CONOPIAS. 



Type 

 Conopias, Cab. et Heine, Mm. Hein. ii. p. 62 (1859) . . C. triviro-ata. 

 Myiacleptes, Beichenb. Av. Si/st. Nat. t. lxvii. (1850) C. trivirgata*. 

 Cephalanius, Bp. (1854) C. trivirgataf! 



In Conopias the beak is elongated and compressed, otherwise the 

 structure is not very different from Elainea, but there is no red or 

 yellow head-spot. 



The three species are found in the forests of the northern parts 

 of South America. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Superciliary stripe white. 



I Throat yellow like the belly 1. trivirgata, p. 173. 



| Throat white , 2. inornate, p. 174 



B. Superciliary stripe yellow 3. cinchoneti, p. 174. 



1. Conopias trivirgata. 



Muscicapa trivirgata, Max. Beiti: iii. p. 871 (1831). 



Conopias trivirgata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 755; Scl. et Salv. Nomenel 



p. 50 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 310. 

 Tyrannula superciliosa, Sw. Orn. Dr. pi. 46 (1841) ; Burin Si/st. 



Ueb. ii. p. 475. 

 Conopias superciliosus, Cab. et Hein. Mm. Hein. ii. p 62 (note'l • 



Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 221 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 111. '' 



JUuscicapa pitangula, Licht. in Mas. Berol. 



Above olive-green ; head black ; long superciliary stripe white ; 

 wings and tail brownish black : beneath yellow, with an olivaceous 

 tinge on the breast and flanks ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; 

 bill and feet black: whole length 6 inches, wing 3, tail 2-6'. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil (Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll 



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

 (I. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



€. Ad. sk. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



* Cf. Gray, Cat. of Gen. B. p. 49 (1855). 

 I Cf. Gray, Ifand-1. i. p. 359. 



