PIPIIID.E. 



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pies and all the under parts of the body greyish-white 

 irides brown. Greatly allied to the last. 



GENUS CXXI.— TYRANNULUS, Vieillot 



Rostrum brevissimum, sub- 

 gracile, supra convexum, 

 integrum, apice inclina- 

 tum. 



Remiges prima ad quartam 

 longissimae. 



Beak very short, rather slen- 

 der, convex above, entire, 

 inclined at the tip. 



First to the fourth quills 

 longest. 



Sp. L Ty. elatus. 



Ty. cristatus virescens, subtus cinereo-albidus; occlpite crissoque 



pallide Jlav'h'i ; tectricibiis alariim margiiie rectricibiisque late- 



ralibus apice albis. 

 Crested greenish Tyrannulus, beneath ashy-white ; with the 



occiput and vent pale yellow; the edges of the wing-coverts 



and lateral tail-feathers white at the tip. 

 Sylvia elata. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 529. — Le Roitelet-mesange. 



Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. 375. — Gold-naped Wren. Lath. Gen, 



Hist. V. vii. 205. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Less than the common Gold- 

 crest, the beak very short : upper parts of the body 

 brownish-green, inclined to brown on the head: across 

 the back part of the head a bar of jonquil yellow, and 

 rather full of feathers, as is the whole head, and ca- 

 pable of being erected as a crest : wings and tail dusky- 

 green : across the first two pale bars : the second 

 quills have pale edges ; and the tail, except the two 

 middle feathers, is tipped with dusky-white : the fore 

 part of the neck pale ash-colour : breast and belly 

 greenish : towards the vent and sides pale yellow : legs 

 dusky. 



