84 TYEANNID^. 



Stolzmann observed this bird on trees in the forests of Palto in Peru, and it was 

 not rare at Tambillo ^. It lives at elevations between 6000 and 9000 feet above the sea. 



In British Guiana Whitely met with it at Roraima and one of the neighbouring 

 mountains at an elevation of about 3500 feet. 



c'. Abdomen omnino ocJiraceum. 



5. Contopus ochraceus. (Tab. xxxviii. fig. 2.) 



Contopus ochraceus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 419'; Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 115 % 1874, p. 313 '; 

 Ridgw. Ibis, 1883, p. 401*; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 237'. 



Supra oHvaceus, pileo obscuriore ; alis eaudaque nigricantibus, secundariis et tectricibus alarum oehraceo late 

 marginatis : subtus ochraceus, in ventre medio clarior, mentum versus obscurior : rostri maxilla nigra, 

 mandibula flava ; pedibus nigris. Long, tota 6-5, alae 3'3, caudae 2*9, tarsi 0*6, rostri a ricfcu 0*9, 

 (Descr. exempl. typ. ex Costa Eica. Mus. nostr.) 



Sab. Costa Rica {Carmiol ^). 



The single specimen which we now figure was sent us from Costa Rica by Carmiol and 

 described in 1869, and is, we believe, still the only one known. 



The species is a very distinct one without near allies and may at once be recognized 

 by the yellowish-ochre colour of its under plumage. 



b. Species minores. 



6. Contopus virens. 



Muscicapa virens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 327 ' ; Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vog. p. 2 {cf. J. f. Om. 



1863, p. 58) ^ 

 Contopus virens, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 190 ' ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 122 (?) ' ; P. Z. S. 1870, 



p. 837 ' ; Cab. J. f. Om. 1861, p. 248 " ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 115 ' ; BuU. U. S. 



Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 27 * ; Snmichrast, Mem. Best. See. N. H. i. p. 557 ' ; Baird, Brew., & 



Eidgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 357"; Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 33", v. p. 405 " ; 



Coues, Key N. Am. B. ed. 2, p. 439" ; Eidgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 338 "; Scl. Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 238 " ; Gundl. Om. Cab. p. 75 ". 

 Contopus albicollis, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sc. iii. p. 156 " ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 338 ". 



Supra olivaeeo-brunneus, capite obscuriore ; supraoaudalibus fuscescentibus ; alis efc cauda nigricantibus, 

 alarum tectricibus fusco limbatis, secundariorum marginibus albidis : subtus cerviois et pectoris lateribus 

 et hypochondriis fuscis ; gutture et abdomine medio albicantibus, hoc sulphureo lavato : rostri maxilla 

 fnsca, mandibula flavida ; pedibus nigris. Long, tota 5-7, alae 3-3, caudse 2"5, tarsi 0-5, rostri a rictu 0'6. 

 (Descr. maris ex San Augustin, Nuevo Leon. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Eastern North America, from Canada southward, westward to the great plains '^^ ^^, 

 Texas ^^ '^^. — Mexico, Vaqueria, San Agustin and San Antonio in Nuevo Leon 

 {F. B. Armstrong), State of Vera Cruz (Sumichrast ^), Tapana (Sumichrast ^), 

 Cozumel I. (Gaumer) ; Hondubas, Ruatan I. (Gaumer ^^), San Pedro {G. M. 

 Whitely s) ; Costa Rica {Hoffmann ^ 7). — Colombia and Ecuador; Cuba i«. 



This is a bird of the Eastern States of North America, where it abounds in many 



