( 075 ) 



T). tncin/cnsis differs much tVom D. Icucostictus (as might be pxpected from tlie 

 different habitat) in the want of black on the throat and in having lilackish sub- 

 terminal spots on the crown, while in D. leucostictus the head is similar in coluur to 

 the back. 



I>. ttimyeitsis S (immat) : Maxilla blackish, mandibula lighter. Above plum- 

 beous grey with a slight rufesceut wash on most parts; head with blackish subter- 

 minal spots and a rufous wash to the tijis of the feathers, and the feathers on the 

 forehead with concealed light rnfescent shaft-streaks. Quills deep brown, mai-gined 

 outwardly with rufous brown, paler on the primaries. Wing-coverts blackisli, 

 tipped with whitish ; primary-coverts with a strong rusty rufous wasli. (Quills 

 inwardly lined with pale rusty. Rectrices dark brown, with a rufous brownish 

 wash. Underparts slaty grey ; chin, throat, and breast, as well as the sides of the 

 head, with white shaft-stripes ; belly washed with rusty brown ; under tail-coverts 

 rufous brown ; under wing-coverts brownish grey. 



I believe that the rufous wash on the upper parts is merely a sign of im- 

 maturity. 



The type is in the Rothschild Museum at Triug. 



2. Eupsychortyx mocquerysi Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C.,xvii., p. xxxvii. (April, 1894). 



" (PI. XV.. fig. 2.) 



Two specimens of this new Eupsi/clwrti/.r were sent by M. A. Mocqnorys from 

 the vicinity of Cumana, in Northern Venezuela. 



I had a very large number of specimens of E. sonninii (Temm.) in all jilumages 

 and ages to compare, and the two E. mocqmri/si difl'er from all in the vinaceous 

 cinnamon colour of the breast and abdomen. This colour is qmte uniform on the 

 breast. The amount of white on the abdomen is smaller; the throat is white. 

 There is hardly any difference in the colour above, except that the interscapular 

 region is of a more reddish tint. The total length is about 9 inches; wing 4-1 to 

 4*25, tail 2'6, tarsus \\, middle toe with claw 1'35. 



Type in the Museum at Tring. 



Eupsychortyx sonninii (Temm.) is figured in Gould's monograph of the Odonto- 

 phoridac, pi. 11 (1850), but the upper parts and abdomen and the throat are much 

 too red. We received this species from the plains of Valencia in Venezuela, where 

 it is said to be common. 



