29. CAMPYLORnrxcHCs. 187 



brown ; iinder tail-coverts rufoiis-brown, Avith fulvous notches on 

 the outer web of the external ones ; least wiug-coverts blackish 

 brown ; remainder of the coverts and quills deep brown, externally 

 rufous-brown, duller on the primaries ; tail-feathers dark brown, 

 edged with rufous-brown towards the base of the feathers, all but 

 the centre tail-feathers with a broad subterminal band of white, 

 enlarging towards the outeiinost feather ; a broad white eyebrow, 

 extending from the base of the bill to the side of the nape ; lores, 

 hinder margin of eyelid, and a broad band along the upper margin 

 of the car-coverts blackish brown ; eyelid, sides of face, cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, and entire under surface of body white, the sides of the body 

 and under tail-coverts pale ochreous buff; under wing-coverts and 

 axillarics white ; quills ashy brown below, rufesceut along the edge 

 of the inner web ; " iris brown or yellow " (A. Goeriny) ; " iris 

 white" (C. W. Wyatt). Total length 8-8 inches, culmcn 1-2, 

 wing 3'6, tail 3'5, tarsus 1-2.5. 



A specimen in Messrs. Salvin and Godman's collection has a few 

 spots of brown on the flanks, and is probably a j'ounger bird. 

 , The Large Cactus-Wren is an inhabitant of Colombia. 



a. Ad. sk. New Granada. Purchased. 



2. Campylorhynchiis minor. 



Heleodytes minor, Cab. Mus. Ilein. Th. i. p. 80 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. 



p. 16 ; Fiyisch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 503. 

 Donacobius minor, Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 192, no. 2633. 



AdvU (Trinidad). General colour above rufous, the wing-coverts 

 like the back ; primary-coverts dull rufous, with a few obsolete 

 dusky bars ; quills dark brown, externally rufous like the back, with 

 an appearance of dusky bars on the outer web, the primaries having 

 the appearance of being barred with pale fulvous ; tail-feathers 

 brown, barred with blackish, about sixteen bars being discernible 

 on the centre feathers, the remainder of the feathers blackish, 

 externally brown, barred with dusky and tipped with white, the 

 white ending increasing towards the outer feathers, which have 

 dusky bars on the outer web ; head blackish brown ; over the eye a 

 broad streak of white ; sides of face also white, the upper part of the 

 ear-coverts blackish, forming a broad streak ; under surface of body 

 white, fulvescent on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white ; quills dusky brown below, light rufous 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 6-7 inches, wing 305, 

 tail 3, tarsus 1-05. {2Ii(S. P. L. Sclater.) 



The Lesser Cactus-Wren inhabits Venezuela and Trinidad, but 

 does not seem to be very distinct as a species from the foregoing one. 



3. Campylorhynclius bicolor. 



ri'iseus, Bdiid, lii'v. Amer. B. p. 9( 

 olor, Pelz. Ibis, lb75, p. 3.j0. 



General colour above and the wings externally dull brown ; fore- 



? Heleodytes gi'iseus, Bniid, Bev. Amer. B. p. 96 (twc Sicains.). 

 Heleodytes bicolor, Pelz. Ibis, lb75, p. 3.j0. 



