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11. Automolus turdinus. 



Anabates tui-dinus, Peh. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xxxiv. p. 110 ; id. Oni. 



Bras. p. 41. 

 Philydor turdinus, Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 420 (Guiana). 



Above earthy brown ; slight siipereiliaries and Hue round the 

 eye fulvous ; rump and tail chestnut : beneath much paler, and 

 strongly tinged with ochraceous ; throat pale ochraceous ; crissum 

 and under wing-coverts rufous : whole length 6'5 inches, wing 3"5, 

 tail 2-G. 



Hub. Lower Amazonia and Guiana. 



Much paler beneath than A. ochrolcemus, and bill apparently 

 shorter. 



a. c? ad- sk. Barra, Lower Amazons Sclater Coll. 



{Natterer). (Authentic specimen.) 



b. 5 ad. ; Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 

 c. Ad. sk. ( Whitely). 



d. 5 ad. ; Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



e. Ad.sk. {Whitely). 



12. Automolus melanopezus. 



Anabates melanopezus, Scl. P. Z. S. 18-J8, p. 61. 

 Automolus melanopezus, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 158 ; Scl. et Scdv. 

 Nomencl. p. 65. 



Above earthy brown, rump more rufescent ; tail chestuut-rcd : 

 beneath pale ashy brown, paler on the throat and middle of the 

 bcUy ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers 

 bright cinuamomeous ; feet dark : whole length 7'0 inches, wing 3-2, 

 tail 3-1. 



Mah. Eastern Ecuador. 



The absence of a superciliary stripe distinguishes this species 

 from the two preceding. 



a. Ad. sk. Eio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Eio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buchhy). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



13. Automolus albigularis. 



Philvdor albigularis, Snlv. et Godm. Ibis, 1884, p. 450 (Brit. Guiana) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 420 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above earthy brown with a rufous tinge, head rather darker ; 

 long narrow supcrciliaries white ; tail and upper tail-coverts chest- 

 nut : beneath much paler : throat white ; crissum rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers cinuamomeous ; 

 feet daik : whole length 6*6 inches, wing 3-2, tail 3. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. British Guiana. 



