31. xnuYOTnoRus. 229 



Femcde. Upper plumage of a rather bright ferruginous, a little 

 inclining to brownish on the head and hind neck, and brighter on the 

 rump ; lores whitish, tinged with rufous ; a light rufous stripe 

 extends over the ej-e to the hind neck ; tail dull rufous, barred with 

 black ; the primary quills have their outer webs of a dull light 

 rufous, with broad black bars ; the inner webs are brownish black ; 

 the wing-coverts and tertials are rufous, with narrower black bars ; 

 under wing-coverts pale rufous ; the throat is verj^ pale rufous, 

 inclining to whitish ; the breast light rufous ; the middle of the 

 abdomen is of a rather paler shade ; the sides and under tail-coverts 

 are of a bright darker ferruginous ; the upper mandible brownish 

 black, the under pale yellow, dusky at the tip ; tarsi and toes hazel- 

 brown. Length 4| inches, wing 2|, tail H, tarsus |, bill from 

 front |i. 



There is also a specimen of the male ; but as it was in poor con- 

 dition, I chose the female as the type, from which it does not differ 

 in plumage. Its measure is given : — Length 5 inches, wing 2|, 

 tail 1 1. {Lawrence.) 



Ober's llufous Wren represents T. rvfesccns in the island of 

 Grenada, one of the Lesser Antilles. Mr. Lawrence makes the 

 following remarks upon the species : — " This species differs from 

 T. rufcscena, from Dominica, in having the colouring lighter 

 throughout, especially l)e]ow, the entire under plumage of T. 

 riifescens being of a dark rufous ; there are subterminal black 

 markings on the under tail-coverts of 2\ riifescens, whereas those of 

 the new species are immaculate." 



14. Thryothorus fasciativentris. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



TluTotliorus fasciativentris, Zafr. liev. Zool. 1845, p. 3.37 ; Bp. Consp. 



i.'p. 1*21 : iS'cl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 7 (pt.) ; iid. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 493. 

 Troglodytes fasciatoventris, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 158. 



Adult male (Eemedios, Antioquia ; T.K.Salmon). General colour 

 above reddish brown, slightly duller on the head ; median and lesser 

 wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts and quills dusk}% 

 externally like the back, mottled with dusky-brown bars on the 

 outer web, the inner secondaries barred across ; upper tail-coverts 

 like the back, with a few blackish bars ; tail-feathers black, barred 

 with reddish brown, not always completely, especially on the inner 

 web ; base of forehead dusky, as also the lores ; a narrow white 

 eyebrow, as well as a narrow line below the lower eyelid ; checks 

 and ear-coverts white, the upper edge of the latter blackish, with 

 white shaft-streaks : entire throat and chest wliite ; sides of neck 

 slightly mottled with black on the borders of the white throat ; 

 remainder of under surface black, the breast uniform, foiming 

 a band ; the abdomen barred with narrow cross lines of white, 

 as also the flanks, but here the bars are slightly tinged with 

 reddish ; sides of breast barred witli light reddish cross lines ; 

 thighs reddish brown, barred with black ; under wing-covcrts and 



