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A. obscurus (Pelz.) is apparently a near ally of ^l. ruhighiosHS Scl. from 

 Central America, Iiut is smaller, with a mnch shorter tail, and differs somewhat 

 in coloration. 



[Cayenne (Mns. Vindob.).] 



205. Philydor ruficaudatus (Lafr. & D'Orb.). 



Anabates ruficaudatus Lafresnaye et D'Orbigny, Syn. Ar. ii. in .l/aj. Zool. 1838. p. 15 (tjp. ex 

 Turacares, Bolivia, in Mus. Paris). 



Appronague : 1 S ad., December Iti, 11)02. 



" Iris wood-brown, feet sage-green, bill above slate-black, below dusky 

 pea-green." No. 1094. 



Al. 89 ; caud. T2\ ; culm. ^5 J ; tars. 20| mm. 



The specimen collected by Mr. Cherrie agrees perfectly with topotyi)ioal 

 specimens from Bolivia in Mus. H. v. B. Ph. ruficaudatus had not yet been 

 recorded from Cayenne. 



20G. Philydor erythrocercus (Pelz.). 



Anabates erythrocercus Pelzeln, Sit:iiitijsber. Alcad. Wien .xxxiv. (1859) p. 105 (" Brasilia " — viz. Baira 

 do Rio Negro — typ. in Mus. Vindob.). 



Ipousin, R. Appronague: 4 c?(? ad., December 25, 27, 28, 1902, January 2, 

 1903 ; 3 ? ? ad., December 25, 1902. 



" Iris seal, feet sage-green, bill above clove-brown (' brown '), below pale." 



Nos. 12811, 12812, 12813, 12814, 12860, 12874, 12968. 



(?(? ad. : al. 9U— 89J ; caud. 69J— 66^ ; culm. 18f— 17J; tars. 20J— 19| mm. 



$ ? ad. : al. 84— 78J ; cand. 62|— 60i ; culm. 16!^— lOi ; tars. 18* mm. 



Cayenne specimens agree generally with the Nattererian birds from Barra do 

 Rio Negro, but they have the uuder-parts rather more suffused with yellowish. 



[Cayenne (Sclater collection in Mns. Brit.).] 



207. Philydor pyrrhodes (Cab.). 



Anahaics pyrrlwcles Cabanis in Schomb., Reise Brit. Guiana iii. (1848) p. 689 (coast of Brit. 

 G-uiana — typ. in Mus. Brit.). 



Ipousin, R. Appronague: 1 ?, December 28, 1902. 



'' Iris dark sepia, feet light sage-green, bill above clove-brown, below slate- 

 grey." No. 12878. 



This bird is evidently immature ; it differs from a male from Blunduapo, 

 Orinoco, in having much shorter wings and tail, more olivaceous upper back and 

 ujjjjer head, and the uuder-parts, uropygium, and tail of a paler cinuamomeous. 



208. Xenops genibarbis HI. 



Xenuj>s gciubarhis lUiger, Prodr. (1811) p. iVi (typ. ex Cameta, Brazil in Mus. Berol.). 



Cayenne: 2 SS ad., October 11, November 28 ; 1 ? ad., November 14, 

 1902. 



" Iris seal, feet plumbeous grey (' plumbeous '), bill above black, below pale 

 with dusky tip (' aud cutting edge ')." 



Nos. GO, 904, 905. 



