Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Genus Hylophilus. 301 



Sylvia pcecilotis, Nordmanu^ Vevz. d. Th. in Erman's Reise, 

 p. 13, t. ix. fig. 3 (1835). 



Laete olivaceiis ; pileo rufo, loris et capitis lateribus cinereis ; 

 subtiis flavicanti-olivaceuSj in gutture cinerascens, in 

 ventre medio magis ochraceus ; rostro obscure carneo, 

 infra albicante ; pedibus oorylinis : long, tota 4' 5, alffi 

 2'2, caudse 2.2. 

 Hab. Brasilia meridionalis. 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



I have only a single specimen of this species in my col- 

 lection, obtained many years ago from a London dealer. 

 Natterer^s localities, Ypanema, Ytarare, and Jaguaraiba, no 

 doubt, belong to this species ; the others, given by Von Pel- 

 zelu, are, perhaps, doubtful. 



6. Hylophilus amaurocephalus. 



Sylvia amaurocephala, Nordmann, Verz. d. Th. in Erman's 

 Reise, p. 14 (1835). 



Sylvia pcecilotis, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 715. 



Hylophilus pcecilotis, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 110 (?). 

 Lsete olivaceas ; fronte cum pileo concolori et loris rufis ; 

 subtus pallide ochraceus, in gutture cinerascens, hypon- 

 choudriis et subalaribus pallide limonaceo-flavis ; rostro 

 obscure cameo ; pedibus plumbeis : long, tota 4*4, alse 3, 

 caudse 2. 



Hab. Brasilia orient, prov. Bahia et Minas. 



Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



This closely allied species seems to be the prevalent form 

 in collections from Bahia, whence I have seen numerous ex- 

 amples. Two examples in my collection, and three in that 

 of Messrs. Salvin and Godman, are, I believe, alike from 

 this locality. 



H. amaurocephalus was distinguished from H. pcecilotis in 

 1835 by Nordmann in the Zoological Appendix to Erman's 

 ' Reise um die Welt ;■" but it is only lately that I have suc- 

 ceeded in identifying the species. 



