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 92. Pachyrhamphus castaneus (Jard. & Selby). 



Tityra castanea Jardine & Selby, lUuslr. Oniilh. tab. 10. fig. 2 (Feb. 1827. — " in America 

 meridionali." — We fix South Brazil aa typical locality). 



No. 1696. ¥ ad., Faz. Esperanpa, December 1905. 



This bird shows the characteristic cinereous band across the hind-neck which 

 distinguishes P. castaneus from the female of P. rufus (Bodd.) (= cinereus anct.). 

 As I have pointed out in Abhandl.Akad. Wissensck. Mmichen, ii. Kl., Bd. xxii. 3. 1906. 

 liji. 669-670, the proper name of the Sonth Brazilian form is the one given above. 

 This has api)arent]y been overlooked by Mr. Ridgway,* in whose great work the 

 synonymy seems to have been copied from the Catalogue of Birds. 



93. Furnarius figulus pileatus Scl. & Salv. 



[Turdm figulus Lichteustein, Verz. Dubl. Berliner Mm. p. 40 (1823.— Bahia.)] 



Furnarius lulealus Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. Lond. 1878. p. 139 (Santarem, Lower Amazons) ; RLker 

 and Chapman, Aul, 1891. p. 26 (Santarem). 



No. 2326. (? ad., Rio Araguaya, July 1906.— Wing 89; tail 62 ; tars. 29 ; bill 

 20 mm. 



No. 2327. d imm., Rio Aragnaya, July 1006.— Wing 87 ; tail 61 ; tars. 27A ; 

 bill 21 mm. 



These birds, which answer well to the original description of F. pileatus, agree 

 with a good series of F.Jigulus, from Bahia, in all important points, such as the black 

 feet, the presence of two pale spots on the inner web of the two outer primaries, and 

 the coloration of the lower parts and sides of the head. They differ, however, by the 

 deeper cinnamon-rufons tint of the back, wings and tail, and by having the 

 pileum dusky brown (not chestnut-rufous). The lores and eyebrow, too, are paler, 

 nearly pure white instead of being buff as in F. figulus, and the legs rather 

 stronger and longer. 



No. 2326, an adult bird, has the cap uniform dark brown, the forehead alone 

 being slightly tinged with rnfescent (as in some specimens of F. I. assimilis). 

 In the other specimen the feathers of the pileum, though also mainly dusky 

 brown, show obsolete rufescent brown discs. It is a young bird, as is manifested 

 by the dusky edges to the feathers of the cheeks and malar region, etc. 



So far as I am aware, the two specimens obtained by Professor Steere and 

 Mr. Riker near Santarem were the only ones as yet known, and the present record 

 extends the range of F.f. pileatus far to the south. 



94. Furnarius leucopus assimilis Cab. & Heine. 



Furnarius assimilis Cabauis & Heine, Mas. Ileiiican. ii. p. 22 (1859. — " Brasilieu "). 



Nos. 2376, 2395. ? ? ad., Rio Araguaya, August 1906.— Wing 83, 86; tail 

 54 ; bill 20, 22 mm. 



They differ from a number of Bahia skins by having the top of the head 

 slightly darker, sooty blackish (instead of coflfee-browu). The birds collected 

 near Cuyab^ by the "late Dr. Natterer (Vienna Museum), however, agree exactly 

 with those from Bahia. In all these specimens (18) there is a conspicuous pale 

 cinnamomeons spot on the inner web of the first primary, and the outer web of 

 the remiges (except the two outer primaries) shows a distinct deep rufous 



* Birds North and Middle America, iv. 1907. p. 828, footnote b. 



