TITYRA VIEILLOTI, (nobis). 

 Vieillofs Tityra. 



PLATE X.— Fig. 1. 



T. supra flavescenti-viridis, nucha genisque plumbeis ; pectore axillisque flavis, humeris 

 castaneis. 



J. his species is closely allied to Tityra Cuvieri, figured by Mr Swainson in 

 his Zoological Illustrations : it is, however, considerably larger, and his spe- 

 cies wants the bright chesnut-coloured patch upon the shoulder. The fea- 

 thers on the back-part of the head are slightly elongated, though not suffi- 

 ciently so as to constitute a crest ; those on the lower part of the back and 

 rump have the long and loose texture of the American Thamnophili : in its 

 other characters it is perfectly true to the type. 



The total length is five inches and a half. That of the bill to the ex- 

 tremity of the gape nearly three-fourths of an inch, blackish-brown, the 

 under mandible paler towards the edges ; nostrils half concealed by mi- 

 nute setae and feathers. Crown dark yellowish-green, the feathers tipped 

 with black, and on the forehead tinged with grey. Back of the neck and 

 cheeks bluish-grey, shaded into a lighter tint on the breast and throat ; back, 

 greater wing-coverts, rump, and tail, greenish-yellow; shoulders reddish- 

 brown ; breast, axillae, and under wing-coverts, bright gamboge- yellow ; the 

 colours on the breast and sides gradually shaded into those of the belly and 

 vent, which are nearly white, tinged with pale sienna-yellow. The legs and 

 feet are blackish-grey ; the tarsi on the insides are closely and minutely scu- 

 tellated for nearly one-third of their length upwards. The claws are black, 

 weak and slender. 



The skin of this species was purchased in a miscellaneous collection of 

 birds from different parts of South America. A ticket was attached to it 

 marked male, but without any other note regarding its habits or economy. 



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