570 DR. 0. FINSCH ON THE BIRDS OF TRINIDAD. [June 23, ° 
Brisson (Orn. ii. p. 404) in his excellent description mentions this 
peculiarity. Dr. Cabanis (Mus. Hein. p. 61) characterizes M. ca- 
yennensis as ‘ pileo pulchre flavo ;”” but a specimen in our collection 
from Brazil has the vertical patch fiery-red as in M. similis, another 
one, from New Granada (Baranquilla), somewhat less bright, and a 
third specimen, from Guiana (Demerara), shows only a yellow patch, 
this latter being apparently a younger bird. Two specimens from 
Ceara, in North Brazil, agree; in one the coronal patch is dark red 
as in M. tewensis, in the other much less vivid; both are males. I 
believe that M. guianensis, Cab., is not specifically different from 
M. cayennensis. 
M. icterophrys, Heine (Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 197), notwith- 
standing Dr. Cabanis’s suggestion that it is nothing else than 
M. columbianus in fresh-moulted plumage, I take to be a good spe- 
cies, distinguished by the yellowish tinge on the superciliary stripe 
and on the chin and throat ; otherwise it resembles MW. terensis, having 
also a bright fiery-red patch on the head, and yellowish margins on 
the inner web of the wings; but it is considerably smaller. We 
possess on old one from Baranquilla, and a young one from Bogoté ; 
the latter, being in moult, has no vertical spot, and the yellow on the 
belly is brighter yellow. M. granadensis, Lawr, (Ibis, 1862, p. 11), 
is identical with this species. 
I must, however, remark that Muscicapa trivirgata, Neuw., 
can scarcely be the female of M. similis, because the Prince, a very 
accurate describer, as is well known, says “chin and throat yellow,” 
and his measurements are much smaller. 
latit. 
Tong. al, caud.  rostr. ad bas, tars. dig. med. 
gt Zit ~ gh gtk git gat ogi > Bat (oS stmilis, rag) 
a ial 4 54 3 8L 54 (9, similis, Brazil.) 
35.9 ey 54 3 8 6 ( 3, texensis, Mexico.) 
oa any | 5 32 8£ 5h (8, eayennensis, Brazil.) 
3° 3 ld 5 2i 8 5 (d, eayennensis, Bogota, ) 
Bi 2 6 5 3t 8 -— (6, cayennensis, Brazil, Ceara.) 
ae |) BS 52 3 8 5 ( 3, eayennensis, Demerara.) 
3 2 2 4 (an) 8 5 (6, ieterophrys, Bogota.) 
B10" See 5 3h FL 5 (¢, teterophrys, New Granada.) 
49, SAUROPHAGUS SULPHURATUS (L.). 
Pitangus sulphuratus, Scl, Cat. p. 222. 
Saurophagus sulphuratus, Léot. 1. c. p. 210. 
Two specimens. 
There is a great variation in the extent of the cinnamon-red 
colour on the inner web of the quills and tail. In one specimen the 
rufous colour horders only the inner web, is broad on the quills, 
narrow on the tail-feathers; in the other one the rufous colour ig 
much brighter and much more extended, nearly as much as in 8, 
rufipennis, Lafr., a species which Dr. Sclater also notices from Tri- 
