PIPRIDiE. 24*9 



pies and all the under parts of the body greyish -white : 

 irides brown. Greatly allied to the last. 



GENUS CXXI.— TYRANNULUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum brevissimum, sub- 

 gracile, supra convexum, 

 integrum, apice inclina- 

 tum. 



Remiges prima ad quartam 

 longissimas. 



Beak very short, rather slen- 

 der, convex above, entire,, 

 inclined at the tip. 



First to the fourth quills 

 longest. 



Sp. 1. Ty. elatus. 



Ty. cristatus virescens, subtiis cinereo-albidus ; occipite crissoque 



pallide Jlavis ; teclricibus alarum margine rectricibusque late- 



ralibus apice albis. 

 Crested greenish Tyrannulus, beneath ashy-white ; with the 



occiput and vent pale yellow; the edges of the wing-coverts 



and lateral tail-feathers white at the tip. 

 Sylvia elata. Lath. hid. Orn. ii. 529. — Le Roitelet-mesange. 



Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. 375. — Gold-naped Wren. Lath. Gen, 



Hist. v. vii. 205. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Less than the common Gold- 

 crest, the beak very short : upper parts of the body 

 brownish-green, inclined to brown on the head : across 

 the back part of the head a bar of jonquil yellow, and 

 rather full of feathers, as is the whole head, and ca- 

 pable of being erected as a crest : wings and tail dusky- 

 green : across the first two pale bars : the second 

 quills have pale edges ; and the tail, except the two 

 middle feathers, is tipped with dusky-white : the fore 

 part of the neck pale ash-colour : breast and belly 

 greenish : towards the vent and sides pale yellow : legs 

 dusky. 



