28 ItENDROCOLAPTIDJE. 



Above reddish brown ; head brighter, with a long whitish super- 

 ciliary stripe ; rump and tail dark ferruginous : beneath cinereous, 

 throat whitish ; flanks, crissum, and under tail-coverts rufous; bill 

 and feet brown : whole length 8 inches, wing 3"0, tail, middle I'ectr. 

 3-8, lateral 2-6. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 

 a. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil {Natterer). Sclater Coll. (Authentic 



specimen.) 



8. LOCHMIAS. 



Type. 



Lochmias, Sio. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 355 (1827) L. nematura. 



Picerthia, Is. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Nouv. Ann. d. Mits. i. 

 p. 392 (1832) . .' L. nematura. 



Loclimias seems to be somewhat related to Furnarius, like which 

 it has the tarsal scutes almost obsolete. It has also some resem- 

 blance to ISclenirus, having a slightly stiffened tail. The wings are 

 short and rounded. The two representative species are found over 

 South America, from Venezuela to Paraguay and Bolivia. 



Key to the Sjjecies. 



A. Lighter ; spots beneath larger 1. nematura, p. 28. 



B. Darker ; spots beneath smaller 2. sororia, p. 28. 



1. Lochmias nematura. 



Myiothera nematura, Licht. Dovhl. p. 43. 



Fumariua st.-hilaiii, Zes.s. Tr. (VOrn. p. 307. 



Picerthia hilarii. Is. Geoffr. St.-Hil. N. Ann. d. Mus. i. p. 392 (1832). 



Lochmias squamulata, iiio. Orn. Dr. pi. 38. 



Lochmias nematura, Bp. Consp. i. p. 210 ; Cab. at Hein. Mus. Hein. 

 ii. p. 25 ; Burm. Sijst. Ueb. iii. p. 6 ; id. J. f. O. 1860, p. 248 (rep. 

 Arg.); Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 149; Euler, J.f. O. 1867, pp. 189, 194, 

 198, 399 (Brazil) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 62 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 418 (Brit. Guian.) ; Berl. J.f. O. 1887, p. 132 (Paraguay). 



Above brown ; head darker ; sides of head white, feathers edged 

 with black : wings blackish, edged like the back ; tail black : beneath 

 blackish, with central white spots on the feathers ; bill and feet 

 brown : whole length 6 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1*9, Female similar. 



Hab. Brazil and Guiana. 



a, h. cj ad. sk. Chapada, Matto Grosso, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (//. H. Smith). 



c. Ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. $ ad. sk. River Arranparu, Kukenam, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brit. Guiana (Whitely). 



f. Ad. sk. Brazil. Purchased. 



g. Ad. st. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



2. Lochmias sororia. 



detSalr. P. Z.«. 1873, j 



Lochmias obscurata, C(di. J.f. O. 1873, p. 65 (?) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



Lochmias sororia, Scl. et Salr. P. Z.S. 1873, p. 511 (Venezuela); iid. 

 ^I'omf-nrl. p. 02. 

 lias obsc 



