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a’. Top of head and hind-neck ash-gray ; rest of upper parts uniform olive-green ; 
lower parts dull whitish, the sides and flanks olive-green, and under tail- 
coverts pale yellow; length (skins) about 3.75-4.00, wing 2.00-2.20, tail 1.55- 
1.70. Hab. Eastern Mexico and Guatemala, north to southern Texas (?). 
H. decurtatus (Bonap.). Short-winged Hylophilus. 
a. Top of head tawny, brighter or more ochraceous on forehead; rest of upper 
parts olive-tawny, mixed with olive on rump, the tail deep tawny brown; 
chin and throat light grayish; rest of lower parts pale yellowish olive, 
sometimes tinged with tawny on breast; length (skins) about 4.00, wing 
2.15-2.25, tail 1.80-1.90. Hab. Southern Mexico (Oaxaca, etc.) and south to 
Costa Rica. 
H. ochraceiceps Sct. Ochraceous-fronted Hylophilus.? 
Famity COXAREBIDAZ.—Tue Honey Creepers. (Page 322.) 
Genera. 
(Characters same as those given for the Family)........ Coereba. (Page 479.) 
Gznus CCEREBA Vuzttuor. (Page 479, pl. CXIV.,, fig. 7.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaracters.—Adults : Above plain dusky, or brownish slate, with top 
of head black, the rump always yellow or yellowish olive; a more or less extensive 
white spot at base of longer quills; ear-coverts blackish, like top of head, but sep- 
arated from the latter by a conspicuous superciliary stripe of white; chin, throat, 
and malar region (sometimes chest also) uniform white, grayish white, or gray; 
breast (sometimes also belly and sides) bright yellow; outer tail-feathers more or 
less broadly tipped with white. Young: Above (including top of head) dull olive- 
brownish or dull brownish gray, the wings and tail marked with white as in adult; 
superciliary stripe indistinct (sometimes obsolete) ; lower parts dull whitish, strongly 
tinged on breast, etc., with pale yellow (sometimes entirely dull yellowish). West in 
bushes or small trees, oven-shaped, with entrance in one side, composed exteriorly 
of dried grass-stems, etc., lined with softer materials. Hggs 2-4, white or buffy 
white, finely speckled or sprinkled, chiefly on or round larger end, with umber- 
brown. 
a. Adults with chin, throat, cheeks, and upper part of chest white, or grayish 
white ; back, scapulars, ete., very dark sooty slate, or blackish, not distinctly, 
if at all, different from top of head; rump yellow. Young with chin and 
throat dull whitish, and upper parts dull brownish gray. 
1 Sylvia decurtata Bonar., P. Z.S. 1837, 118. Hylophilus decurtatus Barrp, Review, i. 1866, 380. (He- 
linai brevipennie Ginavup, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1850, 40. “Mexico and Texas.”’) 
2 Hylophilue ochraceiceps Scu., P. Z. 8. 1859, 375, 
