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265. Coi7thopis torquata anthoides (Pucb.). 



[Corythopis torqmla Tschudi, Arch. X'llurg. 10. i. p. '279 (1844.— Peru).] 

 Muscicapa niitho'ides Pucheran, Arrh. Mia. Paris vii. p. 3.'!i (1855. — Cayenne). 

 Corythopis foitfio'V/cs Pelzeln, /.<•. p. 'i'l (Borba). 

 C. I. aiilhoitks Hellmayr, Xi,r. Z„„l. xiv. 1007. p. 392 (Humaytha). 



No. 442. cf ad., Calama, 13. viii. 1907.— Wing 69 ; tail 52 ; Itili 14 mm. 



No. 560. ? ad., Jamarjsiuho, 17. ix. 1907.— Wing — ; tail 50; bill 14 mm. 



No. 034. c? ad., Maruias, 10. vi. 19U8.— Wing 6Gi ; tail 53i ; bill 14J mm. 



No. 021. (?) ad., Maruins, 10. vi. 1008.— Wing 04; tail oO ; bill 14 mm. 



" Iris brown or greyisb brown, feet grey, bill black, lower mandible yellowish 

 grey or flesh-colour." 



All the specimens have the top of the head warm brown like the back, not 

 slate-grey. t'f. Berlepsch & Hellmayr, Joixnt. f. OniHh. 10(i5. p. 17. 



According to Mr. lioft'manns, this bird fre(iuents thickets in the primeval forest 

 and keeps near the ground. 



200. Liosceles thoracicus thoracicus (Scl.). 



Ptemiitiii-liiis ihiiraciciis Sclater, Pmr. ZwA. .S',«'. LoiuL, Nov. 181)4. p. GOD. pi. -vxxviii. (I8G5. — 

 '■ Salto do Girao, on the left bank of the Rio Madeira") : Pelzeln, Zur Orii. Bras. i. !8ri7. 

 p. 46 (Salto do Girao, Borba). 



No. 774. c? ad., AUianca, 9. xi. 1907.— Wing 73 ; tail 80 ; tars. 20 ; bill 1 7 mm. 



No. 214. c? imm., t'alaraa, lo. vii. IU07. — 'Wing 72 ; tail 78 : tars. 26i ; 

 bill 16i mm. 



Nos. 215, 803. ?? fere ad., Calama, 13. vii. 1007; Allianca, 27. .\i. r.in7.— 

 Wing 73; tail 70, 81 ; tars. "JO ; bill 17 mm. 



" Iris greyish brown or brown, feet brown, bill black, lower mandible yellowish 

 grey." 



The adult male has the pileum and nape smoky grey ; the back rnsset-brown, 

 the mantle paler and more olive ; the innermost flanks and the under tail-coverts 

 washed with rnfesccnt brown. In immature birds the upper parts are of a deeper, 

 more chestnut brown, the pileum and nape tinged with brownisji ; the sides of 

 breast and abdomen are more strongly suiFased with rusty brown, and the feathers 

 of the throat show more or less distinct dusky edges. Moreover, the young male 

 (No. 214) has the rump and upper tail-coverts conspicuously barred or streaked 

 with black, and the edges to the uj)per wing-coverts of a brighter, more ciuua- 

 momeous tinge. 



All of the specimens have the foreneck extensively sulphur-yellow with a 

 number of dull orange-red spots. The rectrices are blackish, edged with dull 

 rufous brown edges along the basal half of tlie outer web. The upper mandible 

 is black, the lower one, with the exception of the tomiae, horny white. 



L. t. thoracicus appears to inhabit both banks of the Rio Madeira. Nattercr 

 met with it at Salto do Girao, on the left side, as well as at Borba, on the right 

 bank, where I\lr. Ilolfmanns also obtained his examples. No other specimens are 

 on record. A nearly allied form, L. tlioracictis erithacus Scl.,* however, occurs in 

 Eastern Ecuador, where it was discovered by the late U. Buckley. It merely 

 differs by its rather stronger bill, and by lacking the sulphur-yellow tinge on 

 the foreneck, the latter being spotted with dull orange-red on a pure white 

 ground. 



• Liofcch^ rrithacm Sclatur, Cat. Bir/7\ lirif. .Vnit. xv. p. 315 (1800. — Siiri»ya<;.n, Eastern Ecua«lur). 



