584 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



136. Ornithion obsoletum. 



Tachuri rey Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 72. no. clxi. (1805). 



Muscicapa obsoleta Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 275. fig. 1 

 (1824: Brazil); Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxv. 

 p. 638 (1908). 



Ornithion obsoletum Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 118 (Para- 

 guay) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 127; Ihering, 

 Bevista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 325 (Paraguay). 



Rengerornis leucophthalmus Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Para- 

 guay, p. 124 (1901). 



Ornithion obsoletum obsoletum Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xv. 

 p. 44 (1908). 



a. $ ad. Ybitimi, February 11, 1904. 



b. ? ad. Sapucay, March 23, 1904. 

 c,d. S ? ad. Sapucay, April 1903-04. 

 e. ? ad. Sapucay, June 7, 1904. 



/. (J ad. „ July 18, 1904. 



g. ? ad. „ September 1, 1901. 



Bill horn-coloured above, buff below at base; feet slatc- 

 colourcd ; iris brown. 



The examples enumerated above are identical with the 

 series in the British Museum from Brazil. I agree, there- 

 fore, with Dr. Ihering and Mr. C. W. Richmond that 

 Rengerornis leucophthalmus Bertoni is inseparable from the 

 present species. 



[Resident and not uncommon in the central parts of 

 Paraguay, although I never met with it through the southern 

 provinces. — W. F.~\ 



137. Elainia viridicata. 



Contramaestre par do verdoio corona amarilla Azara, Apunt. 

 ii. p. 57. no. clvi. (1805). 



Sylvia viridicata Vieill. N. Diet, d'lli^t. Nat. xi. p. 171 

 (1817 : Paraguay). 



Helinaa viridicata Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 11 (1847). 



Ekenia viridicata Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 118 (Para- 

 guay) ; id. Proc. 4th Intern. Orn. Congr., ' Ornis/ xiv. 

 p. 4*25 (1907). 



