326 TIMELIID^, 



Rhamphocinclus bracbyui'us, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 66 ; Sclater, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 337 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 7 (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 268; Semper, P. Z. S. 1872, p. G48 ; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 2 (1873) ; Lawr. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. pp. 352, 486. 

 Formicarius brachyurus, Gray, Geii. B. i. p. 211 (1846). 

 Legriocinclus mexicanus. Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 278 (1847). 

 Campylorhyncbus brachyurus. Gray, Gen. B. iii. Apj). p. 7 (1849). 

 Zootbera cinclops, Bp. Consp. i. p. 253 (1850). 

 Cinclops melanoleucus. Gray. 

 Cinclocertbia bracbyurus, Sclater, P, Z. S. 1855, p. 214 ; Gray, 



Hand4. B. i. p. 264, no. 3856 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above chocolate-brown, the head rather more 

 dusky, and the rump and upper tail-coverts slightly rufescent brown ; 

 wing-coverts and quills dark bro\vn, margined with chocolate- 

 brown like the back ; tail-feathers dark brown, washed with choco- 

 late-brown on their edges ; lores, feathers below the eye, and ear- 

 coverts black, the hinder part of the latter verging into chocolate- 

 brown ; cheeks, throat, and breast pure white ; the sides of the 

 breast, flanks, and thighs dark chocolate-brown ; under tail-coverts 

 chocolate-brown, with broad white margins ; under wing-coverts and 

 axUlaries dark chocolate, with narrow white shaft-Knes and margins 

 to the feathers ; quills ashy brown below, with a narrow light 

 edging to the inner web ; " legs dark green ; iris yellow " {Semper) ; 

 " iris hazel, in some red " {Oher). Total length 9'5 inches, cvdmen 

 l*lo, wing 4-2, tail 3*75, tarsus 1'3. (Mus. Salvin and Godman.) 



Young. Very like the adult, but having the throat and breast 

 dull brown, slightly washed with rufous, the white feathers of the 

 adult being donned by a moult. {Mus. Salvin and Godman.) 



The White-bellied Trembler is an inhabitant of the "West-Indian 

 islands of Santa Lucia and Martinique. 



a. (S ad. sk. Martinique {Oher). Smithsonian Institution. 



48. CICHLHERMINIA. 



Type. 

 Cichlherminia, Bp, Compies Eendus, xxxviii. p. 2, note 



(1854) C. herminieri. 



Cichlalopia, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1857, p. 205 {nee Bp. 1854) C. fuscata. 

 Margarops, ScUiter, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 335 C. fuscata. 



Range. Confined to the West-India Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under mandible yellow. 



a'. No white tips to the tail-feathers. 



a" . No black spots on throat ; inner lining 

 of quills rufescent ; general colour ruddy 

 brown, with a bronzy gloss on the tail. 

 a'". "With a distinct shade of orange-rufous on 

 the lower throat and fore neck; inner 

 lining of quills dark rufous ; under tail- 

 coverts cream-colour with bro-«ni bases ; 

 upper mandible horn-brown herminieri, p. 327. 



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