Catalogue of Birds from Puna Island. 235 



I have conferred upon this species the name of J. F. Reeve, 

 Esq., of Guayaquil, who (as I am informed by Prof. Jas. Orton) 

 is a gentleman of great energy of character and courage, which 

 latter quality is of importance in any explorations on Puna Isl- 

 and, where collections are made at great personal risk, from the 

 ferocious nature of the wild animals with which it abounds. 



Fam. Troglodytidae. 



2. Thryotliorus superciliaris. pp. now 



Feathers of the fore part of the head blackish, margined with dull 

 rufous, the entire upper plumage besides is of a light brownish rufous, 

 brighter on the rump ; tail of a rather light rufous, crossed with eight 

 distinct bars of black; quills liver brown, the exposed portions barred 

 with light rufous, except at their ends ; the smaller quills entirely banded 

 with light rufous and dark brown ; a broad stripe running from the 

 bill over the eye, sides of the head, the chin and throat pure white ; 

 there is a short postocular stripe of blackish brown, which does not ex- 

 tend to the eye, or prevent the superciliary stripe from connecting with 

 the white of the side of the neck ; on the breast is a mere suffusion of 

 dilute rufous, which color gradually becomes darker on the abdomen 

 and under tail coverts, but still is rather pale; under wing coverts 

 white, tinged like the breast ; upper mandible black, the under whitish 

 with the end dusky; tarsi and toes dark hazel brown. 



Length (skin) 6 inches ; wing 2f ; tail 2 ; bill ; ; tarsi 1. 



Type in Mus. Smithsonian Institution, No. 54,100. There 

 are three specimens in the collection. 



Remarks. This species most resembles T. modulus, but is 

 larger and has a longer bill ; the most marked difference in plum- 

 age is the broader superciliary stripe and the purer white of the 

 sides of the head and throat; in T. modeslus the head and hind 

 neck are browner, the tail duller in color, with the dark bars less 

 strongly defined, the white of the throat has a fulvous tinge, the 

 lores are dusky, and the dart I icular stripe extends from the 

 eye to the dark color of the hind neck. 



