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remigibus tertia et quarfa lonffissimis, secunda autem guintam 

 superante : cauda tnodica, rotundata. 



I. TrICHOTHRAUPIS dUADRlCOLOR. 



Tachyphonm ųuadricolor, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxxii. p. 359 ; 

 Enc. Mėth p. 803 ; Gray, Gen. p. 365 ; Bp. Consp. p. 237- 

 Lindo pardo copete amarilio, Azara, no. 101 (unde). 

 Muscicapa melanops, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxi. p. 452, et Enc. 



M(5th. p. 827. / s o / ^ 



Tanagra auricapilla, Spix, Av. Bras. u. pi. 52. fig. 1 ( <? ), 2 ( ? ;, 

 p. 39 ; Max. Beitr. iii. p. 538. 



Muscicapa galeata, Licht. Doubl. p. 56. 



Tachyphonus suchii, Sw. Quart. Journ. Sc. 1826, p. 66. 



Trichothraupis quadricolor, Cab. M. H. p. 23. 



Supra brunnescenti-olivacea, pileo cristato medialiter fiavo .• 

 fronte, oculorum amhitu et alis caudaąue nigris : vitta alart 

 interna rectricum basin transeunte et tectricibus subalaribus 

 albis : subtus pallide rufescenti-fulva. ¥ mari similis, sed 

 cristaflava etfacie nigra carens. 



Long. totą 6-2 ; alse 3-2, caudse 2-9. 



Hab. Brazil, Bahia {Max.) ; Rio (Spix) ; San Paolo (Licht.) ; 

 Paraguay (Azar.). 



Mus. Brit., Paris., Berol., &c. 



Genus XVIII. Eucometis. 

 Comarophagus, Bp, Compt. Rend. xxxii. p. 81 (nec Boi^). 

 Bostrum Tachypliom sed commissura vix sinuata : alce elongata, 



remigibus tertia, ąuarta et quinta longissimis : cauda elongata, 



rotundata : ptilosis olivacea : sexus similes. 



1. Eucometis penicillata. 



Tanagra penidllata, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 36. pi. 49. fig. 1. 

 Tachyphonus penicillatus, Gray, Gen. p. 365 ; Bp. Consp. p. 237. 

 Flavo-brunnescenti-olivacea, uropygio clariore : capite toto cine- 

 rascente, crista elongata, alba, cinerascente marginata : sicbtus 

 saturate aurantio-flava ; gutture albo, cinereo lavato : rostro 

 pallide cornto : pedibus brunneis. 

 Long. totą 7'0, alse 3"5, caudse 3"1. 



Hab. Brazil (?) {Spix) ; Cayenne ; Surinam {Mus. Senchenb.). 

 Mus. Senckenb. et P. L. S. 



This seems to be the species of this curious form which has the 

 crest most developed, and from its locality the most likely to be what 

 Spix intended by his Tanagra penicillata. 



I have seen several examples of it, which I have no doubt from 

 their preparation were Cayenne skins. 



2. Eucometis albicollis. 



Pyranga albicollis, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Av. in Mag. de Zool. 1837, 



