23. DENDEOBATES. 343 



A(J>dt male. Back, scapulars, and rump olive-brown, the feathers 

 having j-ellower tips, those of the back being slightly tinged with 

 rusty red ; upper tail-coverts black ; wing-coverts, bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts and (juills brown, the wing-coverts and outer webs 

 of the secondaries narrowly margined with brownish olive, the 

 inner webs of the quills (except at the tips of the primaries) having 

 marginal quadrate spots of white ; shafts brown, slightly reddish ; 

 central tail-feathers almost black, the lateral ones browner : shafts 

 of central feathers black, brown at the base, those of the lateral 

 feathers brown ; nasal plumes and forehead brown ; crown, occiput, 

 and nape crimson, the bases of the feathers duskj- black ; hind neck 

 like the back, but slightly lighter; sides of the face and neck 

 brown with a fulvescent gloss, the lores and under the eye lighter ; 

 the malar region dusky, the feathers having pale brown tips ; the 

 whole of the under surface of the body brown, the feathers more or 

 less with fulvescent tips, the partly exposed bases of those of the 

 chin and upper throat dusky white ; under tail-coverts of the same 

 colour as the underparts ; under wing-coverts dull Avhite, striped 

 and transversely spotted with brown. Total length G-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-84, wing 3-85, tail 2, tarsus 0-7 ; toes (without claws) — 

 outer anterior 0"48, outer posterior 0"o2, inner anterior 0'43, inner 

 posterior 0-2.5. 



The younger male, although resembling generally the adult, is 

 more dusky in colour, and the red on the head and nape is very much 

 duller, this being ])articularly the case with the nuchal feathers. 



Adult feni ale. Has the forehead, crown, occiput, and nape dark 

 brown, the feathers having lighter brown tips. In other respects it 

 resembles the adult male. Total length inches, culmen 0"85, 

 wing 3-72, tail 1'8H, tarsus 0'72. 



JIah. Bolivia, and south into the Province of Corrientes, Argentine 

 Bepublic ; north into Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



a, b. S ad. sk. U.S. Colombia. Tweeddale Coll. 



c, f/. c? $ imm. sk. Bogota, U.S. Colombia. Purchased. 



e. S ad. sk. Bogotfi. Gould Coll. 



/. 2 ad. ; g. ^ Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Medelhn, Antioquia (T. K. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salmon). 

 i. (S ad. sk. Santa Elena, Antioquia {T. K. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salmon). 

 k. 2 ad. sk. Quito, Ecuador. Purchased. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Quito. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. S i^d. sk. Maraviuo, Ecuador {Villa- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



gomez). 

 n. S ad. sk. Sau Jose, Ecuador (C. Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



leg^. 

 0. S iium. sk. Tilotilo, Prov. Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(C. Buckley). 



