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Taenioptera holospodia abgebildet; P. L. Sclater 1. c T. 4. — T. ncbetra 

 abgebildet; P. L. Sclater, Argent. Orn. 1 T. 7. 



Tyranniscus cinerciceps und gracilipes abgebildet; P. L. Sclater, Cat Brit. 

 Mus. 14 T. 11. 



Tyrannulus seniiflavus abgebildet; Godman u. Salviu, Centr. Amer. T. 36. 



Familie Ampelidae. 



Vergl. P.L. Sclater unter Eriodoridae. 



Hadrostomus homochrous abgebildet; P. L. Sclatei' 1. c. T. 24 



Jodopleura leucopygia abgebildet ; P. L. Sclater 1. c. T. 26. 



Pachyramphus spodiurus abgebildet; P. L. Sclater 1. c. T. 25. 



Fhytotoma rutila abgebildet; P. L. Sclater, Argent. Orn. 1 T. 8. 



Tityra nigriceps n. sp. von Ecuador, ähnlich T. personata; J. A. Allen, 

 Auk 5 p. 287. — T. personata griseiceps n. subsp. von "West-Mexico ; R. Ridgway» 

 Auk 5 p. 263. 



Familie Trochilidae. 



Ägyrtria alleni n. sp. von Yungas, Bolivien, ähnlich Thaumatias caeruleiceps 

 Gould ; G. Elliot, Auk 5 p. 263. 



Trochilus violajugulum n. sp. von Santa Barbara, Cal., ähnlich T. anna, 

 J. A. Jeffries, Auk 5 p. 168-169. 



Uranomitra ellioti Berlp. identisch mit ü. quadricolor (Vieill.); H. v. 

 Berlepsch, Proc. U. St. Nat. Mus. 11. p. 561. 



Familie Micropodidae. 



Collocaiia nutalis n. sp. von Christmas - Insel (Indischer Ocean) , nahe C. 

 neglecta Gray; J. Li.ster, Proc. Z. S. London p. 520. 



Cypselus shelleyi n. sp. von Schoa, nahe C. apus; T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Genova (2) 6 p. 227. — C. myoptilus n. sp. von Schoa; ebenda p. 228. 



Familie Caprimulgidae. 



Chordiles chapmani n. sp. von Florida , Charactere der drei Arten popetue, 

 sennetti und henryi; E. Coues, Auk 5 p. 37. 



Nyctidromiis, Dichromatie in der Gattung; G. B. Sennett, Auk 5 p. 205. — 

 iV. albicollis merrilli n. subsp. von Süd-Texas: G. B. Sennett, Auk 5 p. 44. 



Otophanes n. g. : Bill long, narrow, slender, vrith tubulär nostrils opening 

 forward and outward, not upward; the gape vpith long, stiff, naked bristles cur- 

 ving downvFard and invpard, meeting and overlapping under the chin; tarsus 

 naked, about equal to middle toe; tail long and slightly rounded, wing comparati- 

 vely Short and rounded, the second and third quills equal and longest, the fourth 

 slightly shorter, the first and fifth decidedly shorter than the fourth and equal. 

 Plumage peculiarly soft and velvety ; eyes bordered in fiont and above by semi- 

 circlets of radiating feathers, the tips directed upward and outward forming 

 distinct superciliary ruffs or shields which extend from the gape along the sides 

 of the crown to the occiput where they terminate in tufts of elongated feathers, 

 erectile in life and precisely similar in form and position to the ear tufts of 

 Megascops. The genus nearest allies Antrostomus and Phalaenoptilus. Typus: 

 0. mcleodü n. sp. von Mexico; W. Bi'ewster, Auk 5 p. 88 90. 



