376 TlilELtlDJE, 



The Andean Solitaire has rather a wide range in South America, 

 occupying the eastern slopes of the Andes fi'om the neighbourhood 

 of Caracas to the valleys of Tungas in Bohvia. 



9. Mjriadectes unicolor. 



Myiadestes unicolor, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 299, 1857, pp. 5, 213, 

 1858, p. 97 ; id. ^ Sale. Ihis, 1860, p. 397 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. 

 p. 47 ; Baird, Revieio Amer. B. p. 428 (1864) ; Scl. S,- Salv. Ex. 

 Orn. p. 51, pi. 26 (1869); Sumichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. i. p. 548 

 (1869) ; Scl. >.y Salv. Nommel. Av. Keotr. p. 4 (1873). 



Ptilogonys imicolor, Gra}/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 366, no. 5574 (1869). 



Mviadectes unicolor, Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 41 

 (1879). 



Achdt. General colour above slaty grey, with a slight tinge of 

 olive here and there ; wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater coverts, as well as the primary-coverts, black, margined 

 with slaty grey on the outer web ; quills blackish brown, edged 

 with olivaceous brown, the secondaries olivaceous brown at the 

 base and towards the tip of the outer web, black in the middle 

 of the feathers, forming a patch ; the inner secondaries ashy 

 like the back ; two centre tail-feathers ashy grey ; remainder of 

 the feathers blackish, minutely tipped with ashy, the pcniiltimate 

 feather having a somewhat large white spot, the outermost ashy 

 brown towards the tip, edged with white at the tip ; a narrow 

 line from the base of the bill to above the eye buify white, 

 as also a streak above and below the eye : lores blackish, and 

 feathers below the eye also slightly blackish ; ear-coverts slaty- 

 grey, with narrow whitisli shaft-liues ; throat light ashy ; remainder 

 of under sui-face of body slaty grey, rather lighter on the abdomen, 

 the flanks being slightly washed with olive ; under tail-coverts light 

 ashy, edged with whitish ; thighs slaty grey ; axillaries light ashy, 

 with a slight tinge of fulvous ; under wing-coverts dark ashy, edged 

 with dull fulvous ; quills dusky brown, white near the base of the 

 inner web. Total length 6-85 inches, culmen 0-5-5, wing 3-6, 

 tail 3-25, tarsus 0"8. 



The Grey Solitaire inhabits Central America, where it ranges 

 from Southern Mexico to Guatemala. 



a. Ad. sk. Cordova, Mexico. M. A. Sall6 [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



10. Myiadectes melanops. 



Myiade.stes melanops, Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 580, pi. 36; Baird, 

 Bevieiv Amer. B. p. 42l) (1866) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 97 

 (1868); Von Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 296; Scl. i<f Salv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 4 (1873). 



rtilngonys melanops. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 366, no. 5576 (1869). 



Mviadectes melanops, Salv. 8,- Gadm. Biol. Cent r.- Amer., Aves, i. 

 p. 42 (1879). 



