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perfect a miniature of Xenociclila (= Bleda) syndactyla that Cassin 

 apparently was quite right in calling it a XenocicMa (= Bleda). With 

 regard to the specific name, however, it seems to the present writer 

 unnecessary to reject icterina of Bonaparte for tricolor of Cassin solely 

 on account of a previous icterica in the same genus; for the two names 

 are sufficiently distinct, both actually and etymologically, not to cause 

 any serious confusion, 



EURILLAS,! new genus. 



Chars, gen. — Genus generi "Andropadus" dicto simile, a quo dififert 

 rostro latiore et depressiore, naribus rotundatis. 



Type. — Andropadus virens Cassin. 



The type of the genus Andropadus is A. importunus (Vieillot), from 

 which A. virens differs so much in structural characters that its generic 

 separation seems necessary. The very much broader, more depressed 

 bill, oval instead of slit-like nostrils, are very distinctive. The tomia 

 are scarcely or not at all incurved, and the closed bill is thus without the 

 groove which is so conspicuous along the commissure of Andropadtis 

 importunus. The outline of the culmen is nearly straight until near the 

 tip, while in Andropadus it is curved almost from the base. The rictal 

 bristles are also more strongly developed in Eurillas. From other 

 related genera, except Stelgidillas,^ Eurillas may easily be distinguished 

 by the serrations of the subterminal portion of the cutting edge of the 

 maxilla, and from Stelgidillas by the short, broad, and much-depressed 

 bill. 



Of the other species commonly referred to Andropadus, only latiros- 

 tris has been examined, so that with this exception it has not been pos- 

 sible to determine where they should be placed. 



EURILLAS VIRENS (Cassin). 

 Andropadus virens Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1857, p. 34. 

 Two specimens. Although both are apparently adults, one is much 

 more brownish both above and below. 



EURILLAS LATIROSTRIS (Strickland). 

 Andropadus latirostris Stkickland, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844, p. 100. 



One specimen. There may be some doubt about the advisability of 

 referring this species to Eurillas, for in some characters it is aberrant; 

 but it certainly is not an Andropadus, and, unless a separate genus be 

 created for its reception, is apparently best placed as above. 



PYCNONOTUS BARBATUS GABONENSIS (Sharpe). 

 Pycnonotus gaionensis Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 132, pi. vil, fig. 1. 



Three specimens, practically identical in plumage, except that one 

 has almost no tinge of yellow on the crissum. The much darker shade 

 of all brown portions of the plumage easily distinguishes this form from 



' Evpvi, latus ; zAAd?, turdus. "- Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXII, 1899, p. 130. 



