( 348 ) 



(? ad., Bom Lngar, Pnn'is, IS. vii. 1003.— Wing 52 ; tail 40 ; bill lU mm. 



? ad. Differs from the male in liaviug the lower parts (includiug throat) 

 ochraceons, the sides of the head buff, and the apical spots to the wing-coverts 

 deeper, ochraceons bnff. 



(6) M. leur.ophthalma sororia Berl. & Stolzm. 



Tt/pe locality : La Gloria, Chanchamayo, Central Peru. 



Hah. Central Peru : La Gloria, La Merced (Kaliuowski). North Peru : 

 Huambo (Stolzmann), Rio Tigr^ (Hanxwell). 



i ad. (Mus. H. v. Berlepsch, Rio Tigre, coll. by John Hauxwell). Upper parts 

 dark olive-brown, some of the feathers in the middle of the upper back with rufous 

 brown edges ; tail dusky ; lesser upper wing-coverts blackish with minute whitish 

 apical dots ; median and greater series black with larger, deep buff apical spots, as 

 in ^1/. /. lewophtkalna. Under parts as in the last-named form, but breast slightly 

 clearer grey. 



Wing 5(1 ; tail 39; bill 14 mm. 



? ad. Like M. leucophthalma, but tail dusky with brownish edges ; under 

 parts and apical sjiots of upper wing-coverts clearer ochraceous ; outer webs of 

 remiges deeper russet-brown ; back darker olive-brown, etc. 



Wing 63 ; tail 41 ; Inll 15 mm. 



(r) M. spodionota Scl. & Salv., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. lis^O. p. 159. 



Ti/pe localitij : Sarayapn, Eastern Ecuador. 



Hab. Only known from type locality. 



c? vix ad. (7}//>g o/.'/icc/*;*', Brit. Museum). Differs from M. I. leucophthalma 

 and M. I. sororia in having the back, except the olive-brown n])per tail-coverts, 

 slate-grey, the large apical spots to the wing-coverts white, and the breast much 

 darker grey. Tail and outer margins of remiges dark rnfescent brown as in 

 M. I. leucophthalma. 



Wing 55 ; tail 3T ; bill 15 mm. 



?. Unknown. 



N.B. This imperfectly known form is most probably a geographical race of 

 M. leucophthalma. 



(d) M. gu.tturalis Scl. & Salv. 



Type locality : Bartica Grove, British Guiana. 



Hab. British Guiana : Bartica Grove, Merume Mts., Rio Atapurow, Camacusa, 

 Quonja (Whitely). ('ayenne : Ipousin, Rio Appronague (Cherrie). 



Ad. Differs from the jireceding species by having the upper wing-coverts light 

 olive-brown with minute white apical dots. 



In the males the cinereous colour beneath is restricted to the chest, the rest of 

 the lower parts being pale olive-brown. The throat is black, spotted with white. 



AVing 60—52 ; tail 40—44 ; bill 14— 15 mm. 



As in the allied species, the female has the lower parts uniform ochraceous with 

 the flanks, etc., brownish. 



Wing 50—52 ; tail 37-42 mm. 



