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Show 1870.] DR. O. FINSCH ON THE BIRDS OF TRINIDAD. 565 Galapagos, is closely allied to S. eestiva, but differs in its larger The male has the bead above cinnamomeous orange, the chestnut blotches on the underparts are very pale and inconspicuous, and the back shows no traces of reddish brown. The female is quite different from that of S. eestiva. 37. TRICHAS CEQUINOCTIALIS (Gmel.). Geothlypis aquinoctialis, Scl. Cat. p. 27; Taylor, I. c. p. 81. Trichas velatus, Leot. p. 183. Two males and a female, agreeing with the characters pointed out by Dr. Cabanis (Mus. Hein. i. p. 16, note). Long. al. caud. rostr. tars. 2" 1'" 1" 10'" 5-5^'" 9-10'" Dr. Sclater has rectified already (Ibis, 1867, p. 107) the error of Dr. Leotaud in taking this species for Trichas velatus, Vieill. 38. BASILEUTERUS VERMIVORUS (Vieill.) ; Scl. Cat. p. 34. Trichas bivittatus, Leot. (nee Lafr.) p. 184. One specimen, agreeing in every respect with a Brazilian specimen. This is a very widely distributed species. 39. SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA (L.); Scl. Cat. p. 36; Leot. p. 248 ; Taylor, I. c. p. 81. Two males and a female, agreeing with specimens from the United States. One old male has the beak black, the other (also a very old one) only horn-brown, still paler than in the female. VlREONIN^E. 40. HYLOPHILUS INSULARIS, Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 128, Cat. p. 45; Leot. p. 186. One specimen, agreeing very well with the description given by Dr. Sclater from a specimen from Tobago. 41. VIREO OLIVACEUS (L.). Phyllomanes olivaceus et P. chivi, Cab. M . H . p. 63. Vireosylvia olivacea et V. agilis, Scl. Cat. p. 43. Vireosylvia olivacea, Leot. p. 250. Long. al. 2" 8'" 2 10 3 0 2 7 2 7 2 8 caud. 1" 10'" 1 10 1 11 1 10 1 11 1 10 rostr. c. 6'" H 6 «'4 5i 5 tars. 8"' 7i 8 8 7i 8' 2 (Trinidad.) (Trinidad.) (Peru.) (N. America.) (N. America.) (S. Brazil.) Two specimens. A careful comparison of specimens from Trinidad, the United |