31. inRYOTHORTJa, 239 



of the feathers ; lores white ; a narrow eyebrow, composed of white 

 feathers edged with black, reaching to the side of the nape ; ear- 

 coverts dusky black, broadly streaked with white ; entire cheeks and 

 a patch below and behind the ear-coverts, as well as the throat, 

 white, distinctly barred with black ; lower throat, chest, and sides of 

 body orange-rufous ; centre of breast and abdomen dull white ; lower 

 flanks washed with brown ; thighs brown, yellowish on the inner 

 web ; under tail-coverts yellowish buff, barred with black ; axillaries 

 white, shaded with ashy ; under wing-coverts dull white, as also the 

 edge of the wing, some of the inner ones washed with buft"; quills 

 dusky brown, ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web ; " bill, 

 legs, and iris dark brown " (Leotaud). Total length 5'5 inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 2-25, tail 2"05, tarsus 0-85. 



The White-bellied Orange-breasted Wren occurs in Guiana, Yene- 

 zuela, and the island of Trinidad. 



a. Ad. sk. Trinidad. R. B. Shar^oe, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Purchased. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Demerara. Evton Collection. 



e. J ad. sk. San Esteban, Venezuela. W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 



/, ff. Ad. St. South America. J. Goidd, Esq. 



30. Thryothorus hypospodius. 



Thryothorus hypospodius, Salv. 4" Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 

 p. 92, note. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above rut'escent brown, 

 with a slight olive tint ; the head more rufescent than the back, 

 especially the forehead : wing-coverts like the back ; quiUs dark 

 sepia-brown, margined with the same brown as the back ; tail- 

 feathers ashy brown, strongly washed with the brown of the back, 

 barred across with seven rather broad black bars, and spotted with 

 white on the edge of some of the lighter interspaces ; lores, eyelid, 

 and a somewhat narrow eyebrow white, the feathers of the latter edged 

 with black, forming a narrow marginal line between the eyebrow 

 and the crown ; ear-coverts blackish, longitudinally streaked with 

 rather broad white centres to the feathers ; checks, chin, and upper 

 throat whitish barred with black : lower throat and fore neck orange, 

 forming a broad band across the neck ; centre of the breast and 

 abdomen ashy grey ; sides of body brown ; under tail-coverts white, 

 barred with black ; under wing-coverts white, slightly mottled with 

 black near the edge of the wing ; quills dusky brown, white along 

 the edge of the inner web. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 2-2, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-8. (Mus. Saluin and Godman.) 



The Grey-bellied Orange-breasted Wren replaces the foregoing 

 species in Colombia. 



31. Thryothorus hyperythrus. 



Thrvothorus rutilans {nee V.), Lawr. Ann. Lye. X. T. vii. p 320 • 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 134, 1870, p. 181. ^ ' 



