SLATE-HEADED TODY FLYCATCHER 



head black, with a white streak on the cheeks; 

 chin and throat white, otherwise much like 

 T. cinereum finitimum in plumage. 



An exceedingly small and rare species only 

 recorded from Lion Hill. 



8. Todirostrum schistaceiceps Sclater 

 Slate-headed Tody Flycatcher 



Sexes alike. Length 90 mm. (3.50 in.); 

 tail 32 mm. (1.30 in.). Top of head blackish 

 slate ; rest of upper parts olive green ; a white line 

 extending from the bill through the upper 

 eyelid; wings black with two yellow bars; 

 below, including cheeks, pale gray indistinctly 

 streaked with white on throat and changing to 

 yellowish white on abdomen; sides yellow. 



A little bird of thickets and brushy country, 

 less common and familiar than T. cinereum 

 finitimum and resembling it in actions and many 

 of its habits, though more quiet and retiring. It 

 differs also from that species in having much 

 plainer coloration, with gray cheeks, throat and 

 chest. 



9. Oncostoma olivaceum (Lawrence) 

 Lawrence's Bent-billed Flycatcher 



Male. Length 90 mm. (3.50 in.) ; tail 33 mm. 

 (1.20 in.). Above plain olive green, the top of 

 head indistinctly streaked with darker, the 

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