THE IBIS. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



No. XIX. JULY 1881. 



XXVI. — On the Genus Hylophilus. By P. L. Sclater, 

 M.A., F.R.S., Secretary of the Zoological Society of 

 London. 



(Plates X. & XI.) 



Page 



I. History of the Genus 293 



II. Synopsis of the Species 296 



III. List of Species unknown to author 310 



IV. List of Species wrongly referred to the Genus 311 



V. Remarks on the Geographical Distribution 312 



I. History or the Genus. 



The genus HijJopldlus was founded by Temminck in 1823, 

 in the 29tli livraison of his ' Planches Coloriees/ for two 

 species discovered in Brazil by Natterer, H. thoracicus and 

 H. pcecilotis. 



In 1831 Prince Maximilian of Neuwied (Beitr. iii. p. 720 

 et seqq.) transferred Temminck^s term Hylophilus to certain 

 Tanagers of the genus Nemosia, and placed the Hylophili 

 of Temminck in the genus Sylvia. Unfortunately, also, 

 Prince Maximilian's Sylvia pcecilotis is not Hylophilus poeci' 



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