XIPHORHYNCHUS. 189 
Hab. Panama, Lion Hill (M‘Zeannan*).—CotomBia®, VENEZUELA ®, and HasTERN 
Braziu} 4, 
Mr. Chapman places the birds from Panama, called by Mr. Lawrence X. lafres- 
nayanus, with the Venezuelan form of this species under the name of X. venezuelensis. 
Our single specimen, though rather small, also agrees with Venezuelan examples. 
But we are unable to distinguish these from other examples from Colombia (Bogota 
trade skins), or indeed from others from Bahia and Eastern Brazil, which we take to be 
the true X. trochilirostris of Lichtenstein. Mr. Chapman separates X. venezuelensis 
from X. trochilirostris by the longer bill of the former and the more distinct edges to 
the feathers of the throat, but the differences are very slight and we cannot think 
them of specific value. 
X. trochilirostris just enters our fauna, and the only specimens obtained were 
shot by M‘Leannan at Lion Hill Station on the Panama Railway. ‘Three of these he 
sent to Mr. Lawrence and one to us. 
Salmon, who took a nest of this or a very nearly allied species at Remedios, in the 
Valley of the Cauca, Colombia, says the eggs are white and nearly round, and that the 
nest was placed inside a decayed tree which had been cut off about three feet from the 
eround and become hollow to the roots, so that the nest had no protection from 
the rain. 
2. Xiphorhynchus pusillus. (Tab. XLVIIL. fig. 2.) 
Xiphorhynchus pusillus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 278"; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 1607; Salv. 
P. Z. S. 1870, p. 193°; Boucard, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 60*; Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1879, p. 524° ; 
Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. p. 157°. 
Supra saturate rufo-brunneus, alis paulo brunnescentioribus, cauda saturate castanea, uropygio rufescentiore ; 
pileo et cervice postica nigris striis rhachidalibus cervinis notatis: subtus brunneus, gutture, pectore et 
abdomine antico striis rhachidalibus cervinis ornatis, iis ad gulam majoribus, iis ad abdomen angustioribus ; 
subcaudalibus et remigibus intus (preter apices fuscos) cinnamomeis: rostro corneo haud rubido, pedibus 
plumbeo-nigricantibus. Long. tota 10-0, alee 3-8, caude 3:5, rostri a rictu 2°3, tarsi 0°8. (Descr. maris 
ex Boquete de Chitra, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Costa Rica (Endres 2), Naranjo (Boucard*); Panama, Chiriqui, Chitra, Boquete 
de Chitra ? (Arcé).—Cotomsia 1°, 
This species may be readily distinguished from X. trochilirostris by the colour of 
the bill, which is horn-colour, without any of the red tint so conspicuous a feature in 
the allied form. The wings and tail are also much darker, but this character is more 
apparent in specimens from Central America than in the type and other southern 
examples. 
X. pusillus was described by Mr. Sclater from a trade skin of Bogota make !. 
Other examples have reached us from that country, and we have received many from 
