RUFOUS-EARED BLACK-CAP. 
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from which the accompanying figure was drawn is 
probably a female, since it has no spurious quill, 
and the hack is not only mixed with grey, but has 
those black detached spots seen in the females of 
P. Guianensis, Braziliensis , and other species ; hut 
it is our belief that the male possesses the rufous on 
the sides of the head even brighter than the female, 
and will possibly exhibit also the spurious quill so 
common in the more typical species. The rufous 
colour of the sides of the head spreads over the ears 
and forms a line above the eyes, where it is united 
to the other side of the head by a narrow line in 
front. The top of the head is deep black, which 
colour becomes broken into spots on the nape, neck, 
and interscapulars ; the remaining upper plumage 
is cinereous-grey, but those feathers which are near- 
est the blank of the wings are pure cinereous, edged 
with white ; the outer covers of the wings, the quills, 
and the tail, are deep black ; the bill and the feet 
are bluish-black. The second and third quills are 
nearly equal, and are the longest ; while the inner 
margins of all, and the inner wing-covers, are pure 
white. All the under parts are white, tinged with 
yellowish. 
Total length, 7| inches ; hill, from the gape, l^L ; 
from the front, T % ; wings, 4 ; tail beyond, ; 
base, 3 ; tarsus, T 7 S . 
Between Psaris and the next genus, 
