72 MR. O. SALVIN ON nTeW BIRDS FROM VERAGUA. [Jail. 2.3, 



examining it I find a few concealed chestnut feathers at the back of 

 the head. I believe that it is a young male of the bird I now de- 

 scribe. The tail, however, is quite black, the crissum greyer than the 

 female E. rufivertex, and the wings darker, having assumed the male 

 character. E. gracilis, Cab., described from immature specimens, 

 is said to have a clear-yellow belly, and the forehead also yellow. 

 The forehead in this young bird shows none of the rufous of the 

 adult female E. rufivertex. This makes the eleventh or twelfth species 

 of Euphonia found in the great isthmus between the Americas. 



4. BUARREMON MESOXANTHUS, Sp. n. 



B. supra olivaceus, pileo medio cum front e castanets: loris, re- 

 gione oculari et tectricibus auricularibus cinereo- nigris : subtus 

 plumis in guJa albis, basibus nigris et nigro terminates, versus 

 pectus fere omnino cinereis : pec tore, corporis lateribus et crisso 

 olivaceis, ventre medio Icete fiavo : alls fuscis, extus olivaceis 

 dorso concoloribus : cauda fusca : rostro superiore corneo, in- 

 ferior e albido : pedibus fuscis. 

 Long, tota 6 poll., alae 2'85, caudse 2 - 5, rostri a rictu "7, tarsi 1*1. 

 Hab. in Veragua. 



Obs. Affinis B. castaneicipiti, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 441, sed gula 

 hand cinerea et ventre medio flavo facile dignoscendus. 



In addition to the above differences, which at once distinguish 

 this bird from B. castaneiceps, the bill shows some strong ridges, 

 which, proceeding from the nasal hollow, run parallel to the culmen. 



5. Philydor fuscipennis, sp. n. 



P. cinnamomeus, pileo et capitis lateribus obscurioribus, dorso 

 obscuriore et olivaceo tincto : stria postoculari, corpore subtus 

 et tectricibus subalaribus cinnanwmeis ; gula pal lidiore ; ventre, 

 anum versus brunnescentiore : alls fuscis: cauda et uropygio 

 intense cinnanwmeis: rostro et pedibus fuscis. 

 Long, tota 6 poll., alse 3'5, caudse 2 - /5, tarsi 'lb, rostri a rictu "8. 

 Hab. Veragua. 



Obs. Affinis P. pyrrhodi (Cab., Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 689), sed 

 uropygio et cauda rufescentioribus et obscurioribus, dorso magis 

 cinnamomeo et corpore subtus brunnescentiore dignoscendus. 



This species seems quite distinct from P. rufobrunneus, Lawrence 

 (Ann. of N. Y. Lye. May 1865), which is described as having the 

 upper tail-coverts dark rufous brown, each feather of the breast 

 with a light ferruginous stripe down its centre, outer webs of the 

 quills the same colour as the back, &c. It is, in fact, very nearly 

 allied to P. pyrrhodes, with which I have compared it. 



6. Dysithamnus puncticeps, sp. n. 



<3 . D. supra cinereus, plumis pilei a front e ad nucham nigris 

 cinereo excisis et macula in pogonio utrinque subapicali alba : 

 capitis lateribus albo fascia t is, loris albidis : alis fuscis, extus 

 cinereis dorso concoloribus, tectricibus alarum macula alba ter- 



