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white spot abont the middle of the inner wel), thp outermost pair with a similar, 

 but more lengthened spot on the outer web. Undersurface clear cinereous. 

 Wing 64—07 ; tail 39—45; bill 16^- 17J mm. 



b. Hypocnemis poecilinota lepidonota Scl. & Salv. 



Hypocnemis Upidonota Selater & Salviu, P. Z. S. 1880. p. 160 [Saraja^u, E. Ecuador]. 

 B. poecilonota (not of Cabanis) Pelzeln, Zwr Oni. Bras. ii. (1808), p. 88 (part. : Marabitanas and 

 Kio Vaupe). 



Hab. East Ecuador : Sarayavn, Santiago, Rii) Napo : East Colombia : Bogota 

 coll. ; iV. 11'. Brazil : Marabitanas and Rio Vaupe, Upper R. Negro. Ferti : Iquitos, 

 Chamicuros, Huambo, Yurimagnas, Guayabamba, Loreto ; Monterico and La 

 Merced, Chanchamayo ; Pozuzo, Hnauuco (Hofl'manns coll. — Mus. Tring). 



S. Not to be distinguished from that of the preceding form. 



Specimens from Colombia, E. Ecuador and Peru : Wing 67 — 70 ; tail 42 — 47 ; 

 bill 16—17 mm. 



Specimens from Marabitanas : Wing 69—71 ; tail 49—52 ; bill 18 mm. 



? . Whole lower surface, like forehead and sides of the head, bright ferrn- 

 ginons; rest of upper parts warm rufescent brown ; back, uj)per wing-coverts and 

 secondaries marked as in the preceding form, but the apical margins white instead 

 of fulvous. Upper tail-coverts rufescent brown at the base, separated by a broad 

 black subterminal band from the white tips. Tail as in B. p. poecilinota, but the 

 cross-baud pure white. 



Wing 65—69 ; tail 45—49 ; bill 16—18 mm. 



c. Hypocnemis poecilinota griseiventris (Pelz.) 



Pilhys grisdrentris Pelzeln, Zur Oni. Brasil. ii. (1868) p. 167, desor. orig. ? [VUla Maria and 



Engeuho do Gama, Mattogrosso ; Borba, R. Madeira]. 

 Hi/jjociiemis poecilonota (nee Cabanis) Pelzeln, /. o. p. 88 (part. : Borba). 



Hab. West Brazil: Borba on the Rio Madeira, Villa Maria and Eugenho do 

 Gama on the R. Gnapore, Mattogrosso. 



S ad. (Mus. Viudob. No. 15514, Borba, January 1830, Natterer coll.). Differs 

 from a and b in having the upper tail-coverts cinereous, tbis colour being 

 separated from the white tips by a sharply defined black subterminal bar. The 

 middle tail-feathers are washed with grey at the base, and the throat is decidedly 

 paler grey than the belly. 



Wing 69; tail 46 ; bill 16| mm. 



? . Forehead, sides of the head and a small chin-spot pale ferruginous ; rest 

 of pileum, back, wings, and upper tail-coverts uniform warm rnfescent brown 

 without any cross-bars ; a distinct white interscapular patch ; tail-feathers rufescent 

 olive-brown with a black subterminal band and a white apical margin, but with 

 no other white markings. Edge of the wing pale ferruginous. Throat whitish, 

 rest of undersurface pale grey, flanks washed with rufescent brown. 



Wing 67—70 ; tail 45—49; bill 16—18 mm. 



(/. Hypocnemis poecilinota vidua Hellm. 

 Uypocnemia vidua Hellmayr, Nov. ZwA. xii. (1905) p. 290 desor. orig. ? (Pard). 



Hab. N.E. Brazil, vicinity of Para: Igarape-Assii (Robert), Prata 

 (Hofl'manns). 



c?. Like //. p. poecilinota and //. p. lepidonota, with the upper tail-coverts 



