31. inRYOTHOEus. 235 



wiug and primai'y-coverfcs black, with very narrow reddish margins ; 

 quills blackish brown, with obsolete reddish edges, the inner secon- 

 daries more broadly margined with reddish ; upper tail-coverts 

 reddish brown, barred witli black ; tail-feathers black, barred across 

 rather narrowl)" with ashy fulvous, about seven bars being percep- 

 tible on the centre tail-feathers ; a distinct white eyebrow from the 

 base of tho nostrils to above tiie ear-coverts, the hinder portion of 

 this superciliary line slightly varied with black edges to the feathers ; 

 eyelid white ; lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks jet-black, 

 with a few white streaks on the ear-coverts, and a small white 

 patch behind the lower edge of the latter and above the hinder part 

 of the cheeks, which are produced far back, nearly to the sides of 

 the neck ; throat white ; remainder of under surface light chestnut- 

 red, paler and rather browner in tho centre of the body ; the lower 

 flanks, vent, and thighs dark fulvous brown ; under tail-coverts 

 barred with fulvous and black in regular cross lines ; under wing- 

 coverts dull white, slightly mottled with asliy-brown bases to the 

 feathers ; asillaries ashy brown, washed with rufous ; quills dark 

 sepia-brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. Tot^l 

 length .5'3 inches, ciilmen 0'75, wing 2-35, tail 2'3, tarsus 0"9. 



Adult femcde. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen O'To, wing 2'1, tail 2-1.5, tarsus 0"9. 



The Black-faced Wren appears to be confined to Guiana. 



a, b. S 2 ^^- sk. Bartica Grove, British Henry Whitely, Esq. [C.]. 



Gui.ina, Dec. 1879. 

 c, d. Ad. St. Cayenne. H. C. Rothery, Esq. [P.]. 



23. Thryothorus amazouicus. (Plate XV. fig, 1.) 



Adult male. General colour above rufous-brown, with a few dusky 

 bars on the upper tail-coverts ; head and neck dusky brown, con- 

 trasting with the back, and slightly washed with fulvous brown ; 

 wing-coverts like the back, the greater coverts, bastard-wing, and 

 primary-coverts dark brown, externally edged with rufous-brown ; 

 quills dusky brown, externally margined with dull rufous-brown, 

 the secondaries with rufous-brown, like the back ; tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, barred across with dusky fulvous, the outer feathers 

 blackish on the inner web, without any lighter bars ; over tho eye 

 a very narrow white line, slightly varied with blackish edges to the 

 feathers ; eyelid white : lores, sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 black, with a few white streaks on the latter ; throat white, tinged 

 with fulvous on the fore neck, the chest light ashy grey ; remainder 

 of the under surface pale fulvous brown, inclining to ashy brown 

 on the flanks and under tail-coverts, the latter slightly banded with 

 blackish ; imder wing-coverts ashy whitish, slightlj- varied with 

 dusky bases to the feathers ; quills dark brown below, whitish or 

 ashy fulvous along the edge of tho inner web. Total length 6'5 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 2-lio, tail 2-4, tarsus 0'95. 



