TITYRA PILEATA. 



of the bill, and in the distribution of the scales on the tarsi and feet, it is 

 true to the type ; but it is furnished with a greater share of rather strong 

 rictorial bristles than what agrees with the general characters of the group. 

 The total length of the skin was seven inches. The bill is strong, and 

 slightly hooked : the upper mandible is dark umber-brown ; the under is 

 a shade lighter, and is tinged with yellow. Crown of the head, and upper 

 part of the neck, round the eyes and cheeks, are deep greyish-black, light- 

 est on the cheeks, and under the eyes. Back, rump, and tail, the greater 

 and lesser wing-coverts, are light reddish chesnut-brown ; the primary quills 

 are dark umber-brown, with pale edges. Throat, breast, belly, and vent, 

 reddish wood-brown, darkest across the breast, shaded into the chesnut of 

 the upper parts, and the greyish-black of the head and neck. The under 

 wing and tail coverts are yellowish wood-brown. The legs and feet ap- 

 peal' to have been blackish-blue ; the claws are umber-brown. 



The upper outline of the bill on this Plate is that of T. pileata seen 

 from above : the under outlines are those of the bill and feet of T. cayana. 



