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GENUS CI.—HYLOPHILUS, Temminck. 



Rostrum fere ut in Jora. 



Nares ovatae, mediocres, ba- 

 sales. 



Alee mediocres : remiges ; I 

 spuria ; S — 5 longiores, 

 subaequales, 6 et sequentes 

 gradatim breviores. 



Cauda gracilis, subelongata. 



Beak nearly as in the follow- 

 ing genus. 



Nostrils oval, moderate, 

 basal. 



Wings moderate : first quill 

 spurious ; 2 — 5 longest, 

 nearly equal, sixth and fol- 

 lowing gradually shorter. 



Tail slender, rather elon- 

 gated. 



This is an American genus, named as above by 

 Temminck, who, hov^ever, has not published its cha- 

 racters. 



Sp. 1. Hy. thoracicus. Temm. PL Col. 173./ 1. 



Hy. supra viridis, infra alhido-isahellinus ; regio thoracica flavo- 



viridi ; guld et semitorque nuchali cinereis. 

 Hylophilus above green, beneath whitish-isabella colour ; with the 



thoracic region yellow-green 3 the throat and half-collar on the 



nape ash. 



Length four inches and three quarters : the male 

 is remarkable from possessing a large gorget of yel- 

 low-green, which covers all the throracic region : the 

 irides are of the same colour : the throat is clear 

 ash : the belly and abdomen are whitish tinged with 

 isabella colour: the nape is furnished with a half 

 collar of pure ash : the top of the head, the back, 

 the wings, and the tail are beautiful green : the inner 

 surface of the wings is bright yellow : the beak and 

 legs are ash. Both sexes are nearly alike, but the 

 thoracic region is of a paler hue in the female. 



Sp. 2. Hy. poicilotis. Tcmm. PL CoL 173 /. 2. 



