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the leaves, frequently pauses to utter its loud cheerful song, composed 

 of seven or eight clear notes uttered with rapidity and emphasis. 



19. BASILEUTERUS AURICAPILLUS, Sw. 

 (GOLDEN-CROWNED WOOD-SINGER.) 



Basileuterus auricapillus, Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 393. Basileuterus verzni- 

 vorus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 283; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl, p. 10 ; White, 

 P. Z. S. 1882, p. 594 (Misiones). 



Description. Above olive-yellow, lightest on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 tail-feathers ashy brown, with yellowish margins ; quills dusky ; crown of head 

 light orange -chestnut ; nape and hind neck pale ashy grey ; on each side of the 

 crown a broad black stripe extending from the bill to the hind neck, also a 

 streak of ashy white above the eye ; under surface bright yellow ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet brownish : total length 4'5 inches, wing 

 2*2, tail 2-05. Female similar. 



Hab. South America. 



This species, which is widely spread over the northern portion of 

 South America, was found in Paraguay by Azara, and in the province 

 of Misiones by White. 



20. SETOPHAGA BRUNNEICEPS, d'Orb. et Lafr. 

 (BROWN-CAPPED WOOD-SINGER.) 



Setophaga brunneiceps, Eurm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 473 (Tucurnan) ; Scl. 

 et Salv. Nomencl. p. 11; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 595 (Catamarca) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 428. 



Description. General colour dull olive-yellowish; wing-coverts dark slaty 

 grey ; quills blackish ; upper tail-coverts slaty grey, washed with olive ; tail- 

 feathers blackish the outer pair white, the next pair white edged with black 

 on the outer web, the third pair with a large white mark at the end ; crown 

 of head deep chestnut ; neck slaty grey ; under surface of body bright yellow ; 

 under tail- and wing-coverts white : total length 5'0 inches, wing 2-45, tail 2*4. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. Bolivia and Northern Argentina. 



White obtained a pair of these birds on the Sierra of Totoral, Cata- 

 marca, in July 1880. He describes them as quick in their movements 

 and difficult to shoot. The species was originally discovered by d'Or- 

 bigny in Bolivia. 



