(BROWN-HEADED WOOD-BIRD.)
+Hylophilus poecilotis+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 12; _Scl. Ibis_,
1881, p. 300; _White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 595 (Misiones); _Gadow,
Cat. B._ viii. p. 308.
_Description._--Crown of head and nape rich rufous-brown; all the
rest of the upper parts, including the entire tail and wing-coverts
and the outer webs of the remiges, rich olive-green; cheeks and
upper throat whitish; ear-coverts blackish, with white central
streaks; under wing-coverts, axillaries, inner margin of remiges,
and under tail-coverts lemon-yellow; rest of underparts dull yellow,
washed with olive on the breast and flanks, and inclining to pale
ochreous on the abdomen; bill dark flesh-colour; feet hazel: total
length 4·5 inches, wing 2·2, tail 2·2. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
This South-Brazilian species was met with by White near San Javier, in
the province of Misiones, in June 1881.