26. AUXOMOLTIS. 89 



2. Automolus holostictus. (Plate YI.) 



Automolus holostictus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 542, et 1879, 



p. 522 (Antioquia). 

 Automolus holostictus striatidorsus, Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, 



p. 2U9 (W. Ecuador). 



Above blackish brown, head and upper back distinctly striped 

 with pale ochraceoiis shaft-stripes ; wings blackish, edged with 

 rufous-brown ; rump and tail uniform chestnut : beneath olivaceous 

 brown ; throat, breast, and upper belly marked with pale ochraceous 

 shaft-spots ; under wing-eoverts and inner margins of the wings 

 bright ochraceous : whole length 8-5 inches, wing 3"3, tail 2'6. 

 Female similar. 



Hah. Colombia and Ecuador. 



This is a very short^winged species, and has a shorter bill and 

 feebler feet than A. ferrwjinolentus. 



a. Ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. 0. Sclater Coll. 



(Salmon). (Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. C. T. K. Salmon [0.]. 



c. d. cJ 2 ^^- sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. (Sahnon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e. <S ad.sk. SantaElena, U. S. C. (6'«/?ho?«). Sclater Coll. 



3. Automolus rufo-hrunneus. 



Philydor rufo-brunneus, Lawr. Ann. L. N. Y. viii. p. 127, et ix. 

 p.'lOG (Costa Rica); Frantz. J.f. 0. 1869, p. 304 (Costa Rica) ; 

 Bouc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 59 (Costa Rica) ; Perl. Pr. U. S. N. M. 

 1888, p. 565. 



Above deep olive-brown ; head darker, and with the centres of 

 the feathers slightly paler ; rump and tail dark chestnut-red : beneath 

 rufous-brown ; throat and upper breast densely covered with large 

 shaft-spots of rich ferruginous ; under wing-coverts and inner 

 margins of the wings deep ochraceous ; bill black ; feet brown : 

 whole length 8-5 inches, wing 3-5, tail 3'5. 



Hah. Costa Rica. 



This is a large species of a generally reddish-brown plumage, but 

 ■with the throat and breast of a deep ferruginous. It appears to 

 " have its nearest ally in A. ruhir/inosus" {cf. Berlepsch, I. s. c). 



a, h, c. Ad. sk. Irazu distr., Costa Rica (Por/ers). Salvin-Godman Coll» 

 d, e. Ad. sk. Irazu distr., Costa Rica (Powers), Sclater CoU. 



4. Automolus ignobilis. 



Automolus ignobilis, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 522 (Antioquia) ; 

 Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 300 (W. Ecuador). 



Above ferruginous brown ; rump and tail dark chestnut : beneath 

 paler, sides of the head, throat, and breast marked with briglit 

 ochraceous shaft-stripes ; under wing-covcrts and inner margins of 



