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132. Taeniotriccus andrei sil nov. 



Taeniotriccus geu. uov. 



Taeniotriccus genns novum Tyrauuidarnm generi Poecilotriccus dicto fere 

 afliue, sed rostri maxilla crassa, tnmida et lata, vibrissis laxis crebribnsque dimidinm 

 rostri attingentibns, tarsis pro nsn brevioribns, pileo cristate, coloribns insolitis 

 (alis basi fasciatis) insigne. Generis typus est : 



Taeniotriccus andrei sp. nov. 



C'apite snpra— pilei medii pliimis clongatis nigris cristam formantibns exceptis — 

 capitis([ue laterilms laete rafis, gnla pallidiore rnfescente, dorso obscnre brnuueo- 

 olivaceo, i)lumis nigris variegato (in adnltis omnino nigro ?) ; pectore pallidiore 

 olivaceo, plamis nigris variegato (in adultis omnino nigro ?), abdomine flavescenti- 

 albo, lateribus olivaceo adnmbratis ; remigibas, rectricibns tectricibnsque alarnm 

 snperioribus uigro-brnnneis olivaceo margiuatis, remignm omnium basibns vittam 

 latam obliquam formantibns et remigum tcrtiarinm dnabus nltimis pogouio externo 

 late flavescenti-albis, tectricibus snbalaribns et marginibiis remigam pogonio interne 

 pallida flavis ; rostro brunneo-nigro, pedibns cinereo-brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 100, al. 57, cand. 43, culm. 11 J, tars. 15^ mm. 



Habitat in regione orientali fluminis Orinoco dicti medii : La Pricion ad 

 flamen Caura dictum. 



Typus: La Pricion " <S " 18. ii. 1901. " Irides black, mandibles black, feet 

 and toes greyish " (E. Audr«$ legit). 



The object of the above descrijjtion is no doubt the greatest discovery made 

 by Mr. Andre in the Caura Rivc-r district. Unfortunately the single specimen 

 obtained is evidently not quite adult, but there is no doubt that it belongs to a 

 quite new form of the subfamily Platt/rhynchinae, of the family Tyrannidae. It 

 is not very closely allied to any of the known genera of this subdivision, but it is 

 apparently to be placed in the neighbourhood of Todi rostrum, near Poecilotriccus 

 Berl. It nevertheless differs from these genera by having a much more swollen 

 and higher upper mandible, which is also more distinctly curved. It also differs 

 by the large number of the vibrissae, which are rather soft, and reach to about 

 the middle of the bill. The tarsi are much shorter than in Poecilotriccus and 

 allies, and not so smooth, as a division into some separated scales is quite apparent. 

 The tail is much longer, and the feathers of the pileum form a conspicuous crest 

 of broad long feathers. The rectrices are somewhat graduated, but not very much 

 so, the distance between the longest (central) and shortest (lateral) pair being 

 7 mm. The fourth and fifth primaries are about equal and longest'; the third 

 very little shorter, the second as long as the seventh, and the first about VZ mm. 

 shorter than the longest. The broad wing-bars, formed by the yellowish white 

 bases to the remiges, are a characteristic feature not to be found in any other 

 known bird of this group. With the exception of the brownish black crest-feathers, 

 the upper part of the head and the sides of the head are of a bright rufous colour, 

 the throat of a paler rufous mixed with some greyish in its lower portion. The 

 back is dark brownish olive, but there are some black feathers appearing here and 

 there, which might prove that in the adult bird the back is uniform black. The 

 breast is of a lighter brownish olive, with a greyish tinge, also mixed with coal- 

 black feathers in the middle and just below the throat ; therefore in the adult bird 

 the breast is likely to be uniform black, like the back. The abdomen is of a 



