CERTIIIOLA. 479 



Top of hoail and liiml-ncck ash-gray; rest of upper parts uniform olivc-grocn ; 

 lower parts dull whitish, the s-idos and flanks olive-green, and under tail- 

 coverts pale yellow; length (skins) about 3.75-4.00, wing 2.00-2.20, tail 1.55- 

 1.70. Hub. Eastern Muxieo and Guatemala, north to southern Texas (?). 



H. decurtatus (Bonap.). Short-winged Hylophilus.' 



Top of head tawny, brighter or more ochraceous on forehead ; rest of upper 

 parts olivo-tawny, mixed with olive on rump, the tail deep tawnj'' brown ; 

 chin and throat light graj-ish ; rest of lower parts pale yellowish olive, 

 sometimes tinged with tawny on breast; length (skins) about 4.00, wing 

 2.15-2.25, tail 1.80-1.90. Hah. Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, etc.) and south to 

 Costa Eica. 



H. ochraceiceps ScL. Ochraceous-fronted Hylophilus.' 



Family CCEREBID^.— The Honey Creepers. (Pago 322.) 



Genera. 



(Characters same as tho.se given for the Familj-) Ccereba. (Page 479.) 



Gent's ccereba Vieillot. (Pago 479, pi CXIV., fig. 7.) 

 Species. 



Common Characters. — Adults : Above plain dusky, or brownish slate, with top 

 of head black, the rump always yellow or j^ellowish olive ; a more or less extensive 

 white spot at base of longer quills ; ear-coverts blackish, like top of head, but sep- 

 arated from the latter by a conspicuous supereiliarj^ stripe of white; chin, throat, 

 and malar region (sometimes chest also) uniform white, grayish white, or gray; 

 breast (sometimes also belly and sides) bright yellow ; outer tail-feathers more or 

 less broadly tipped with white. Young : Above (including top of head) dull olive- 

 brownish or dull brownish gray, the wings and tail marked with white as in adult; 

 superciliary stripe indistinct (sometimes obsolete); lower parts dull whitish, strongly 

 tinged on breast, etc., with pale yellow (sometimes entirely dull j-cllowish). i^'est in 

 bushes or small trees, oven shaped, with entrance in one side, compo.sed exteriorly 

 of dried grass-stems, etc., lined with softer materials. -EV/f/.s 2-4, white or buffy 

 white, finely speckled or sprinkled, chiefly on or round larger end, with umber- 

 brown. 



a}. Adults with chin, throat, cheeks, and upper part of chest white, or grayish 

 white ; back, scapulars, etc., ver^- dark sooty slate, or blackish, not distinctly, 

 if at all, different from top of head; rump yellow. Young with chin and 

 throat dull whitish, and upper parts dull brownish gray. 



» Si/lvia decurlala BoNAP., P. Z. 8. 1837, IIS. ITgl'ipliilwi rf«ciir(n(ii« B.linD, Review, i. 1S66, 3S0. {Ue- 

 Unai breripmnit GiRArn, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1850, 40. " Mexico and Texas.") 

 » nylophiliu oehraceUept ScL., P. Z. S. 1S59, 375. 



