traders of so New South American BirdSy 



it v — :\ specimen being in tlie collection sent Prof. Orton ; above 



. differ materially in color, that part of leueomelas is of a de- 



- the new Bpeciea is reddish-brown, with no 



. and is uniformly darker. 



From the abs f white on the throat, it should perhaps be 



pro] grouped with T. grayii and 1\ obsoletus, 



•2. Ochthoeca rufbmarginatiis. 



Entire upper plumage of a dull rufous-brown, darker on the crown ; 

 a narrow line of grayish-white extends from the bill over the eye ; tail 

 blackish-brown, margined the color of the hack; the ends of all the 

 feathers and the outer web of the lateral father paler ; primaries and 

 ndariea blackish-brown, narrowly edged with dull rufous; tertiaries 

 and the middle ami larger wing coverts black — the former with rufous 

 margins, and the latter bn adly ending with rather bright rufous; under 

 rerts pale yellowish-white; inner edges of quills pale salmon 

 color; throat grayish-white ; a band across the upper part of the breast, 

 and the Bides under the wings light ashy brown ; lower part of In-east 

 and abdomen pale yellowish-white; upper mandible Mack, the under 

 dark frown ; tarsi and toes black. 



I.' ir_ r lh (skin/ .V in.; win lT -ij : tail I'.l ; hill ~\. ; tarsi ];";. 



Habitat. Quito Valley, Ecuador. Type in my collection. 



Remarks. This is allied to 0. lessoni, ami much like' it in the 



above, but is without the rufous throat and breast, ami 



conspicuous white band encircling the crown of that species. 



Itdiffei in having the middle and larger wing covertsend- 



ing with rufous the latter only being so in lessoni. 



it, Hecocerculus uropygialis. 



Plumage above of a dull olivaceous-brown, darker on the head ; there 

 taint line ,,1' grayish-white extending from the hill over the eye; 



rump pale ferruginous; tail of a dull liver-brown, the feathers at the 



edged with dull rufous; middle ami larger wing coverta blackish- 

 brown, ending in white tinged with rufous; quills blackish-brown; 

 under wing coverta pale yellow ; inner margins of quills eerj pale 

 Mtlmon color; chin ami upper pari of throat graj ; uecl in front clouded 

 with lighl olive-brown ; breast, abdomen, and under tail coverta pale 

 : upper mandible black, the under light frown, darker at the 



: irk hrow n. 



■ . m. ; wiiipr 24 ; tail :.' ; fill ,', ; tarsi 



