18 KENDROCOLAPTID-B. 



2. Upucerthia jelskii. 



Coprotretes jelskii, Cab. J. f. O. 1874, p. 98. 



Upucerthia jelskii, Tacz. 1'. Z. S. 1874, p. 526 (C. Peru) ; id. Orn. 

 Per. ii. p. 100. 



Above brownish cinereous ; wings and tail rather darker, with a 

 slightly nifesccnt tinge on the inner webs, but externally like the 

 back ; superciliaries pale fulvous white : beneath pale butty white ; 

 breast-feathers very slightly edged with darker colour ; under wing- 

 coverts cinnamomeous ; bill and feet black : whole length 7 inches, 

 wing 3-5, tail 2-9, bill from the gape in a straight line 1-3. 



Hah. Central Peru and Bolivia. 



This is a somewhat smaller species, with a rather shorter bill 

 and very uniformly coloured above. The breast is obsoletely striated 

 with line blackish edgings to the feathers. 



a. c? ad. sk. Juiiin, Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. | Authentic 



b. Ad. sk. C. I'eru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. f specimens. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Peru (JeisJii). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



3. Upucerthia validirostris. 



Ochetorhynchus validirostris, B%irm. La-Plata Peine, ii. p. 464 (rep, 

 Arg.). 



Above brownish ashy, somewhat rufeseent on the wings and tail ; 

 lores and superciliaries pale cinnamomeous ; remiges reddish cinna- 

 momeous, tipped with ashy black ; coverts and outer secondaries 

 like the back ; tail nearly uniform reddish cinnamomeous : beneath 

 pale huffy white ; bill and feet dark brown : whole length 8 

 inches, wing 3-4, tail 3"2, bill from gape in a direct line 1'4. 



Uab. Western Argentina. 



This is rather a smaller bird than U. clametoria, but has the bill 

 nearly as long and rather thicker. It may be at once distinguished 

 from the preceding species by its unspotted breast. 



a, b. (5 ad. sk. Pampas of the Argentine Republic Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {Leybold). 



4. Upucerthia excelsior, 



Cinclodes excelsior, Scl. P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 77 (Ecuador). 

 Ochetorhynchus excelsior, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 148. 

 Upucerthia excelsior, Sd. et Salv. Nomeml. p. 62; Tacz. et Bed. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 94 (Ecuador). 



Above dark brown ; superciliaries fulvous white ; wings blackish, 

 greater portion of the inner primaries and secondaries cinnamomeous, 

 with a slight median bar and the tips blackish ; tail dark brown, 

 with paler tips to the lateral feathers : beneath dark cinereous, 

 whitish on the throat and middle of the belly ; under wing-coverts 

 cinnamomeous ; bill and feet black : whole length 8'3 inches, wing 



