66. PYROCEPHALTTS. 211 



21. Myiobius cryptoxanthus. 



Myiobius cryptoxanthus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 445 ; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 227 ; Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 68, 92. 



Above sooty brown ; vertical crest bright yellow tipped with 

 brown ; wings blackish, two bars across the coverts and outer mar- 

 gins of external secondaries pale fulvous ; tail pale brown : below 

 whitish ; breast obsoletely flammulated with pale cinereous ; belly 

 pale yellowish white ; bill brown ; feet blackish : whole length 

 4-5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2. Female similar, but yellow crest very 

 slightly indicated. 



Bab. Western Ecuador. 



The small size, pure yellow crest, and yellowish belly distinguish 

 this species. 



a. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckle!/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. rf ad. sk. Zamora, Ecuador (Fraser). ) Sclater Coll. (Types 



c. <j> ad. sk. Gualaquiza, Ecuador (Fraser). \ of the species.) 



66. PYROCEPHALUS. 



Type. 

 Pyocephalus, Gould, Zool. Toy. 'Beagle] hi. p. 44 (1841) P. rubineus. 



Pyrocepludus comes very close to Myiobius in structural cha- 

 racters, and is indeed hardly separable except for its slightly longer 

 and less broadened bill and less developed rictal bristles. But its 

 bright scarlet plumage renders it easily recognizable. The form 

 extends from the Southern United States to Argentina and the 

 Galapagos. 



Key to the Species. 



A . Head and body below bright scarlet. 



a. Female striated on breast. 



I Smaller; darker above 1. rubineus, p. 211. 



) Larger ; paler above 2. mexicanus, p. 213. 



b. Female not striated on breast 3. nanus, p. 214. 



B. Plumage uniform dark ash}' 4. obscurus, p. 215. 



1. Pyrocephalus rubineus. 



Gobe-mouche rouge hupe, Daub. PI. Enl. 675. fig. 2. 



Muscicapa rubinus, Bodd. Table de PL Enl. p. 42. 



Muscicapa coronata, 6m. S. N. i. p. 932. 



Platyrhynckus coronatus, Vieitt. Ene. Meth. p. 840. 



Myiarchus coronatus, Tsch. Faun. Per., Orn. p. 155 ; Cab. in Schomb. 



Guian. iii. p. 700. 

 Pyrocephalus coronatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 188 ; Buryn. J. f. O. 1860, 



p. 246 (rep. Arg.); Stenib. J. f. O. 1869, p. 261 (Buenos Ayres). 

 Pyrocephalus rubineus, Cab. et 1L in. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 67; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1854, p. 113 (Eucador), 1855, p. 149 (Bogota), et 1866, p. 99 



(Lima) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 227 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 475 (Texas); 



Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189 (Ucayali), 1867, p. 987 (Peru), 



p2 



