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REVIEW OF AMERICAN niRPS. 



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shaft-stroaks. CrlHsum pale yellowish. Bill horn color, paler beneath ; legs 

 diiuky. Iris "frrayish brown" (Max.), 



(No. 173, iiuhU.) Total length, 4.40; wing, 2.10; tail, 2.2r) ; diiTtTHnfe of 

 feathers, .30 ; ditference of Idth and longeHt quills, .30 ; expuHed portion uf 

 Ist primary, .80, of 2d, 1.32, of longest (4tli) (measured from exposed Itane 

 of 1st primary), 1.60 ; length of bill from forehead, .54, from nostril, .31, aloiif; 

 gape, .()0; tarsus, .70; middle toe and claw, .52, claw alone, .10; hind tu« 

 and claw, .44, claw alone, .21. 



The description given above is from a Bahia specimen belonging 

 to Mr. Lawrence. Another, in defective condition, from an uukiiow a 

 locality on the coast of Brazil (No. 23,979), is much more oljow 

 beneath, including crissum, and with the wings of same length, hus 

 the tail much longer (2. GO). 



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Hylophilus ocliracelceps. 



Ilylophilus ochraceiceps, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859,375 (Oaxaca). — In. 

 , '^atal. 1861, 44, no. 268.— Sclateb & Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 397. 

 (Guatemala). 



. Bad. Western Mexico, to Costa Rica. 



(No. 22,375, % , a type. ) Third quill equal to 7th ; 2d considerably shorter 

 than 10th and secondaries ; tail rounded. 



Upper parts olivaceous-rufous ; the tail clear rufous brown ; the rump dull 

 olive green. Cap brownish ochrey, brighter anteriorly, more yellow on the 

 edges anterior to the eye. Beneath faint oohrey yellow ; the chin and throat, 

 with cheeks more ashy, the breast more ochrey, the flanks and crissum more 

 olivaceous, the inside of wings and inner edges of quills yellowish. Edges 

 of inner secondaries externally like the back, their border becoming paler 

 towards the outer primaries, the coverts at the base of the primary quills 

 clear dark brown, forming a marked spot. Bill horn color above, paler below ; 

 feet apparently reddish. 



(No. 22,375, ^,type.) Total length, 4.10; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.95; differ- 

 ence of feathers, .25 ; diflference of 10th and longest quills, 28 ; exposed por- 

 tion of Ist primary, .72, of 2d, 1.30, of longest (5th) (measured from exposed 

 base of 1st primary), 1.65 ; length of bill from forehead, .60, from nostril, 

 .35, along gape, .65 ; tarsus, .68 ; middle toe and claw, .50, claw aloue, .20; 

 hind toa and claw, .48, claw alone, .22. : .,, 



,., A second specimen, from Costa Rica, agrees with the one just 

 described, but with less of the ochrey tinge on the breast. 



