. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. MECOCEBCTJLTJS. 27 6. MECOCERCULUS. Type# Mecocerculus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 113 M. Bill and foot of Mecocerculus leucophrys. This little group is closely allied to Ochthceca, but distinguished by its more compressed bill and longer tail. Like Ochthceca, it is peculiar to the higher Andes. Key to the Species. A. Throat white. a. Tail uniform. a'. Head olive. I Rump like the back 1. leucophrys, p. 2/. ) Rump pale fulvous 2. uropygialis, p. 28. b'. Head grey 3. stictopterus, p. 28. b. Tail partly white : I secondaries edged wit
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 6. MECOCEBCTJLTJS. 27 6. MECOCERCULUS. Type# Mecocerculus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 113 M. Bill and foot of Mecocerculus leucophrys. This little group is closely allied to Ochthceca, but distinguished by its more compressed bill and longer tail. Like Ochthceca, it is peculiar to the higher Andes. Key to the Species. A. Throat white. a. Tail uniform. a'. Head olive. I Rump like the back 1. leucophrys, p. 2/. ) Rump pale fulvous 2. uropygialis, p. 28. b'. Head grey 3. stictopterus, p. 28. b. Tail partly white : I secondaries edged with rufous 4. calopterus, p. 29. ( secondaries edged with olive 5. pcecilocercus, p. 29. B. Throat yellow 6. consobrinus, p. 30. 1. Mecocerculus leucophrys. Muscicapa leucophrys, a" Orb. et Lafr. Syn. p. 53. Muscicapara leucophrys, d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 327. Mecocerculus leucophrys, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 199. Ochthoe'ca leucophrys, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 28, et 1871, p. 1 Cub. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 48. Tyrannula setophagoides, Bp. Act. Scienz. Ital. Mediol. p. 405; 'Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1855, p. 149. Myiarchus setophagoides, Pp. Consp. i. p. 188. 60 Ochthceca setophagoides, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 48; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 18(58, p. 170 (Venezuela), 1870, p. 781, et 1879,p. 611 (Bolivia); iid. Nomencl. p. 42; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 331 (Colom- bia) ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 291 (Brit. Guiana). Mecocerculus setophagoides, Berl. O. 1884, p. 297. Above olive-brown, darker on the head, slight superciliaries white ; wings blackish ; broad ends of two rows of coverts (forming two bands) and outer edges of secondaries yellowish white ; tail. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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