Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Genus Hylophilus. 305 



Hylophilus acuticaudus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 170, 

 et 1869, p. 252 ; Nomencl. p. 12. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Mr. Lawrence has kindly forwarded to me his typical spe- 

 cimen of this species also for examination. I have a nearly 

 similar skin in my collection (the specimen referred to, 

 P.Z. S. 1868, p. 170), obtained near Caracas by Goering. 

 The only noticeable difference is that the back is darker 

 in my example, and the tail-feathers not quite so much 

 narrowed. I am decidedly of opinion that both are 

 immature, and the young either of H. aurantiifrons or of 

 H. insularis, if these two last-named species are really 

 different. 



J 11. Hylophilus insularis. 



Hylophilus insularis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 128; Baird, 

 Rev. Am. B. i. p. 379; Leotaud, B. of Trinidad, p. 186; 

 Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 12. 



Supra olivaceus, pileo et dorso superiore ochraceo-brunne- 

 scentibus, dorso inferiore, alis extus et cauda viride- 

 scentibus ; fronte, oculorum ambitu et corpore subtus 

 pallide fuscescenti-ochraceis, tibiis et crisso virescen- 

 tibus ; tectricibus subalaribus pallide citrinis ; rostro 

 corneo, subtus pallidiore ; pedibus carneis : long, tota 

 4''7; alse 2-5, hujus rem. prim. VQ, caudse 1-9, tarsi -7, 

 rostri a rictu "6. 

 Hab. Ins. Tobago {Kirk); Trinidad {Leotaud). 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



The typical specimen of this Hylophilus, obtained from the 

 late Sir W. Jardine in 1854', still remains unique, I regret 

 to say, in my collection. Were it not for its larger first 

 primary and stout bill, I should be inclined to suspect that it 

 might be only a young example of the preceding species ; and 

 I am by no means sure that these peculiarities may not be 

 merely individual. 



12. Hylophilus brunneiceps. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 

 Hylophilus brunneiceps, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 322; 

 Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 70; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 12. 



