(VEILED WOOD-SINGER.)
+Geothlypis velata+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 9; _White, P. Z. S._
1882, p. 594 (Salta); _Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl._ viii. p. 87
(Concepcion, Entrerios); _Sharpe, Cat. B._ x. p. 363, pl. ix.
fig. 5.
_Description._--Above yellowish green; the wing-coverts like
the back; wing-feathers dusky brown, edged with olive-yellow;
tail-feathers olive-green; crown of head to the occiput blue-grey;
from the forehead a black mark extends to the eye and downward to
the cheek; throat and under surface bright yellow; bill black; feet
pale brown; eye brown: total length 5·6 inches, wing 2·4, tail 2·4.
_Female_ similar, but without the black on the face.
_Hab._ Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
This is again the only species of a North- and Central-American genus
which ranges so far south as Buenos Ayres. It visits us in summer, and
is found singly or in pairs in woods and large plantations. It feeds
both on the ground and in trees, and, while gleaning amongst the
leaves, frequently pauses to utter its loud cheerful song, composed
of seven or eight clear notes uttered with rapidity and emphasis.