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SYLVIADiE. 



Hy. supra viridis, infra cinereus ; capite rufo; malis auribusque 



albo nigrogue striatis. 

 Hylophilus above green, beneath ash-coloured j with the head 



rufous, the cheeks and ears striped with black and white. 



Length rather above four inches and a half: the 

 top of the head and the occiput are bright red : fore- 

 head pale red : the cheeks and feathers on the ears 

 are marked with black and white striae : the throat is 

 clear ash : the rest of the under parts is ash, passing 

 by different shades to greenish and yellowish : the 

 back and scapulars are light green : the wings are 

 ashy-green, margined with deeper green : the tail- 

 feathers are the same : the beak and legs are ash- 

 coloured. The sexes are similar. 



GENUS CIL— /ORA, Horsfield. 



Rostrum mediocre, rectum, 

 validiusculum, basi latius, 

 apicem versus subcom- 

 pressum, attenuatum ; cul- 

 mine rotundato, leviter ar- 

 cuato, post nares producto, 

 apice vix inflexo, emargi- 

 nato ; tomia subdiaphana, 

 acuta. 



Nares ovatae, parvae, in fovea 

 elongata antic^ attenuate 

 sitae. 



^Zcp breves: remiges; 1 spu- 

 ria ; 3 — 8 longiores, sub- 

 sequales, 2 abrupte, 9 et 

 sequentes gradatim bre- 



viores. 



BeaJc moderate, straight, ra- 

 ther stout, broad at the 

 base, towards the tip some- 

 what compressed, attenu- 

 ated ; culmen rounded, 

 slightly arcuated, pro- 

 duced behind the nostrils, 

 its tip "Scarcely inflected, 

 emarginate ; cutting edges 

 subdiaphanous, acute. 



Nostrils oval, small, placed 

 in an elongated groove, 

 attenuated in front. 



Wings short : first quill spu- 

 rious; 3 — 8 longest, nearly 

 equal, second abruptly, the 

 ninth and following gra- 

 dually, shorter. 



