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but with tip subacuminate. Tarsus longer than middle toe and claw, 

 the acrotarsium very indistinctly scultellate (sometimes "booted") 

 except on lower portion, the planta tarsi undivided; lateral toes about 

 equal in length, their claws not reaching to base of middle claw; basal 

 phalanx of middle toe united to that of outer toe by most of its length, 

 to that of inner toe by about half its length. Plumage normal, the 

 pileum without crest, but with feathers distinctly outlined, not blended. 



Coloration,. — Adult male with head, neck, chest, and upper parts 

 black, rump, breast, and under tail-coverts olive-green (the first some- 

 times nearly yellow), flanks yellow, and abdomen gray; adult females 

 and young with black replaced by olive or olive-greenish, except on 

 pileum. 



Nidificaii on . — (Unknown.) 



Range. — Highlands of Costa Rica and Chiriqui. (Monotypic.) 



PHAINOPTILA MELANOXANTHA Salvin. 

 SALVIN'S PTILOGONYS. 



Adult male. — Pileum, hindneck, back, scapulars, and upper tail- 

 coverts deep black, with a slight bluish green gloss; sides of head and 

 neck, chin, throat, upper chest, thighs, wings, and tail dull black or 

 sooty black; rump lemon yellow, more or less tinged with olive, ante- 

 riorly, yellowish olive-green posteriorly; lower breast and abdomen 

 gray (no. 6) or slate-gray; sides and flanks clear lemon yellow; lower 

 chest, upper breast, and under tail-coverts yellowish olive-green, this 

 extending along the inner edge of the yellow patch on sides and flanks, 

 separating the latter from the gray of the abdomen; bill black or 

 brownish black; iris brown; legs and feet deep or dark brown; length 

 (skins), 205-219 (210.7); wing, 97-105 (101); tail, 85-92 (88.2); exposed 

 culmen, 14-15 (14.2); tarsus, 27-29 (28.1); middle toe, 17-19 (18)." 



Adult feTiiale. — Pileum deep black, glossed with bluish green; hind- 

 neck slate color; rest of upper parts plain olive-green, brighter (some- 

 times intermixed with yellow) on rump; sides of head olive-gray, the 

 chin and throat paler and more olivaceous; thighs olive-gray; rest of 

 under parts, bill, and feet as in adult male; length (skins), 209; wing, 

 94-201 (97.5); tail, 84-89 (86.5); exposed culmen, 14; tarsus, 26-27 

 (26.5); middle toe, 16.* 



Yowng {sex lonknown). — Similar to the adult female, but colors duller 

 and texture of plumage much looser. 



Highlands of Costa Rica (San Francisco, Navarro, Rancho Redondo, 

 La Palma de San Jos6, Volcan de Irazu, Volcan de Po^s, etc.) and 

 Chiriqui (Boquete and Volcan de Chiriqui, 4,000-11,000 feet altitude). 



Phainopiila melanoxantha Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Apr. 17, 1877, 367 (San 

 Francisco, Costa Rica; coll. Salvin and Godman). — Rowley, Orn. Misc.,ii, 



o Four specimens. * Two specimens. 



