A. Chii, Licht. Spix, Av. Sp. No. i. t. lxxvi. fig. 2. p. 75.
Le Chii, Azara, No. 146.
My specimen was procured at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
Sylvicola aureola. Gould.
Plate XXVIII.
S. supra flavescenti olivacea; fronte cerviceque nitide flavis, singulis plumis ad apicem rufescenti castaneis; occipite griseo; alis caudâque nigrescentibus, latè flavo-marginatis; genis guttureque nitidè flavis; pectore concolori sed singulis plumis in medio pallidè castaneo notatis; abdomine albescenti.
Long. tot. 5 unc.; rostri, ⁸⁄₁₂; alæ, 2⁶⁄₁₂; caudæ, 2³⁄₁₂; tarsi, ¹⁰⁄₁₂.
The nape of the neck, back and tail-coverts yellowish olive; the wings and tail blackish, broadly margined with yellow; the front and crown yellow, with the tips of the feathers reddish castaneous; the hind head grey mixed with yellow, the cheeks and the throat bright yellow; the breast of the same colour, but each feather is marked down the middle with pale reddish castaneous, the sides and middle of the abdomen whitish.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (September).
This bird is not uncommon on these islands. It has the habits of our Sylviæ. It frequents the thickets in the lower, dry and rocky parts of the island, and especially a peculiar bush, with thick foliage, which grows only near the sea-coast.