628 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



[I have met with this species only during the months of 

 June and July, and therefore cannot say whether it is resident 

 or not. It is generally found along the borders of the 

 forest, where the swampy ground comes close up to the 

 edge. — W. F.] 



205. Trichothraupis melanops, 



Lindo pardo y canela alas y cola negras Azara, Apunt. i. 

 p. 396. no. c, ? (1802). 



Lindo pardo copete amarillo Azara, torn. cit. p. 398. 

 no. ci., $ . 



Muscicapa melanops Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. 

 p. 452 (1818: Paraguay). 



Tachyphonus quadricolor Vieill. op. cit. xxxii. p. 359 

 (1819: Brazil). 



Trichothraupis quadricolor Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. 

 p. 220 (1886) ; Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. 

 p. 143 (1902 : Sapucay). 



Trichothraupis melanops Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 115 

 (Paraguay) ; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 320 

 (Paraguay). 



a. $ ad. Sapucay, October 15, 1902. 



b, c. $ imm., $ ad. Sapucay, March 1903. 

 Bill and feet bluish slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



d-m. <$ ad. et imm. ; n-r. $ ad. Sapucay, April 1903-04. 



s-t. S ? a Q - Sapucay, May 1903. 



The young male is similar to the female, but distinguished 

 by the vertical yellow crest, which is obscurely shown 

 compared with that of the adult bird. 



[This species is resident and common everywhere, even in 

 the small montes of second growth close to Asuncion — in 

 fact, it appears to be one of the most abundant of our forest- 

 birds. 1 have met with it in flocks of from six to a dozen 

 individuals. — W. F.~\ 



206. Pyrrhocoma ruficeps. 



Tachyphonus ruficeps Strickland. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xiii. p. 419 (1844: Brazil). 



