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B. Cap rufous or ochraceouH, well defined against color of 



back ; forehead uiuch brighter. 



Forehead and vertex much brighter ochraceous than 

 rest of head. Whole upper parts, except the oli- 

 vaceous rump, more or less rufous ; breast tinged 

 with the same. Legs flesh color .... ochracekept. 



Forehead rusty brown. Upper parts dark olivo green; .^ 

 tail alone tinged with rut'ous. Beneath light oliva- 

 ceous-green. Legs dusky ferruginiJ'roM. 



Forehead ochrey yellow. Back and Cail bright olive 

 green, without rufous. Beneath clear yellow. Legs 

 plumbeous aura^tiifrout. 



C. Cap tinged with bistre or sepia brown, shading gradnii'.ly 



off into the olive of back; the rump only bright olive. 

 Forehead paler only, not brighter. The only yellow of 

 abdomeu ou crissum. 



Cap tinged with bistre brown, as is the back. Beneath 



soiledfulvous white; throat grayer ; flanks olivace- ^ 



'- ous. Legs yellowish. First quill not half the 



longest aeuticauda. 



Cap and back ochrey ash. Beneath soiled smoky fulvous 

 ash ; no olive on flanks. Legs pale. First quill 

 more than half longest ...... insularit, 



D. Cap and forehead clear olive green, uniform with the re- 



mainder of upper parts. ,, 



Beneath bright yellow ; paler on throat. Legs yellow viridijlavus. 

 £. Cap clear ash color, in abrupt contrast with the bright olive 



green of remaining upper parts. Beneath whitish. Sides ,' 



of body and crissum olivaceous. 



Ash of head and nape sharply defined behind and on 

 side of neck ; unmixed with olive. Flanks Si,r<;ngly 



Wushed with olive green decutiatut. 



Ash of head and nape less extended, and indistinct -- ,> -n 

 behind and on side of neck ; mixed or washed 

 with olive. Flanks only slightly washed with 

 olive yellow. Upper parts more yellow. Size 

 smallfT ........ pusillus. 



None of the species of Hylophilus mentioned in the foot-note, 

 all belonging to South America, have yet come under my observation.' 



' Hylophilus semlbrudneus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, 341 (Bogota). 



Olive ; head, neck, and upper part of back olive brown ; beneath pale olive 

 yellowish ; throat, bend of wing, and middle of abdomen whitish ; bi'l pale 

 brown ; feet plumbeous. Length, 4,50. 



Similar to //. poecilotis, but differs in having decidedly larger bill, and in 

 having the brown of head extending over the ears, the whole neck, and upp«fr 

 part of back. 



