68. MITEEPHANES. 219 



Key to tlie Species. 



A. Head slightly crested, not black; outer 



web of outer tail-feather uniform. 



a. Belly dark chestnut-brown like the breast. 1. ])h(SOcercus,Y>. 219. 



b. Belly light ochreous. 

 Throat uniform with breast : 



| larger; greenish above 2. aurantiiventris, p. 219. 



J smaller ; not greenish above 3. ochraceiventris, p. 220. 



b'. Throat whitish 4. capitalis, p. 220. 



B. Head not crested, black; outer web of outer 



tail-feather white 5. atriceps, p. 220. 



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1. Mitrephanes phseocercus. 



Mitrephorus phreocercus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 44 ; id. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 442, pi. 14. fig. 2 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 228; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 122; iid. Nomencl. p. 51. 



Mitrephanes phasocercus, Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. vii. p. 55. 



Above dusky olive, front and sides of head rufous ; crest darker, 

 wings and tail blackish brown, tips of wing-coverts, forming two 

 bands, and outer margins of external secondaries ochreous : beneath 

 dark chestnut-brown, middle of belly and erissum yellowish ; under 

 wing-coverts like the breast ; upper mandible dark, lower whitish ; 

 feet horn-colour : whole length 4-8 inches, wing 2-6, tail 2-4. Female 

 similar. 



Hub. Southern Mexico and Guatemala. 



2. Mitrephanes aurantiiventris. 



Mitrephorus aurantiiventris, Laivrence, Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 173 

 (Costa Kica) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 64. 



Above olive-green, head slightly crested, rather darker, and 

 rufescent on the lores and cheeks : wings and tail blackish ; wing- 

 coverts tipped, and external secondaries edged with ochreous or 

 whitish : beneath chestnut -brown, passing into ochraceous yellow on 



