{ 491 ) 

 1 •-■-;. Dendrocincla olivacea Lawr. 

 ?, Paramba, ;5.")0(i feet. " Iris brown." 



12H. Automolus assimilis Beilj). & Tacz. (ex iStolztu. M>S.). 



One pair from ( 'bimbo are recorded P. Z. S. 1883. p. 561. Rosenberg also found 

 a male at C'himbo, and a male and a female at Cacliavi. The iris was found 

 to be brown ; the feet slate-colonr : maxilla deep brown, mandible light blnish 

 brown. 



1:^4. Automolus nigricauda Hart., Bull. B. o. ('. \'II. p. ;iii. 



One c?, Cachavi, November luth, 18!t6. ''Iris brown: feet greenish brown: 

 l)ill brown." Above dark brown, somewhat more rufous brown on the crown of the 

 head. Quills deep brown, inner webs with rufmis edges. A clearly indicated rufous 

 superciliary line behind the eyes. Ear-coverts dark brown. Throat rufous, lighter on 

 the chin. Rest of under surface brown : flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts darker 

 brown. Under wing-coverts chestnut. Tail above black with a slaty tinge, below 

 blackish brown. Wing 90 mm., tail 72, bill 24, tarsus 28. The blackish tail 

 distinguishes this species from all its allies, wliicli all have reddish tails. 



12.J. Glyphorhynchus cuneatus castelnaudi (Murs). 

 Four specimens from Cachavi. 



120. Xenops genibarbis littoralis Scl. 

 S ? , Chimbo and Paramba. 



127. Thanjnophilus immaculatus Lafr. 



A large series from Cachavi and C'himbo. " Iris brown ; bare skin round 

 the eyes blue ; feet black ; liill black, mandible black in fully adult nialea, but 

 pale bluish towards the tip m femalex and immature mules.'" 



I2S. Thamnophilus trausandeanus Sci. 

 S , < 'hiiubo, August otli, 1S07. " Jris orange ; feet greyish blue : bill black." 



129. Thamnophilus cachabiensis Hart., Ball. B. 0. C. VII. p. 29. 



Cachavi, November and January. Above black, without gloss. Most of the 

 wing-coverts with small white tips, lielow slaty black. Feathers of the chin, 

 throat, breast, and a few along the middle of the abdomen, with white tips. AVing 

 brownish black from below. Iris red ; bill and feet black. Wing 07 mm., tail 

 (rather worn) about 4(), tarsus 20. Two skins, both marked " ? ," which may 

 possibly be correct, as in 77i. puncfutus, the nearest known ally to 

 Th. cachabiensis, both sexes are black and verv much alike. 



