206 TYRANNIES. 



line round the eye yellowish ; wings dark ashy brown ; tips of the 

 coverts and outer margins of wing-feathers fulvous ; tail ashy 

 brown, with slight olivaceous edgings : beneath yellowish, brighter 

 on the middle of the belly and passing into olivacoous on the 

 flanks ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; inner margins of wing- 

 feathers fulvous : bill horn-colour ; feet brown : whole length 4-8 

 inches, wing 2 - 6, tail 2-1. Female similar, but without the con- 

 cealed orange or yellow crest. 



Hab. Ecuador and Colombia. 



This is a very distinct species, at once distinguishable by its 

 mainly olive and yellow dress. As in other members of the genus, 

 the crest seems to vary in tint from yellow to orange or reddish. 



a. Ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Eraser). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Intac, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Antioquia, Colombia (Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Jad.sk. Santa Elena, Antioquia. Salmon [C.]. 

 f-i. S ad. ; j, k. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



2 ad. sk.' 



/. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



m. Ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godm.in Coll. 



n. Ad. st. Aragua, Venezuela. Purchased. 



13. Myiobius phcenicomitra. 

 Myiobius phcenicomitra, Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 91. 



Above olive-green ; concealed vertical crest reddish orange : 

 wings blackish, with slight fulvous edgings to the coverts and 

 outer secondaries ; tail ashy black, with slight olivaceous edgings : 

 beneath yellowish, brighter on the middle of the belly and more 

 olivaceous on the breast and flanks ; inner margins of wing-feathers 

 pale fulvous ; bill dark cinereous, lower mandible whitish ; feet 

 pale brown : whole length 4-4 inches, wing 2-6, tail 2*1. Female 

 similar, but vertical crest absent or less developed. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



Apparently separable from M. flavicans by the much greener tint 

 of the olive above and paler colour below. 



a b. 6 2 ad. sk. Mapoto, Ecuador (Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimens.) 



14. Myiobius superciliosus. 



Myiobius superciliosus, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 538, et 1882, p. 21. 

 Myiobius superciliaris, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 306. 



Above olive-green, with a slight brownish tinge on the lower 

 back : concealed vertical crest yellow : slight superciliary mark and 

 line round the eye yellowish ; wings blackish, slightly edged with 

 fulvous ; tail dark brown : beneath yellowish, brighter on the 



