XIPHORnTNCIIUS. 



161 



reddish : whole length 8'5 inches, wing 3*7, tail 3'o. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Colombia, Ecuador, Veragua, and Costa Rica. 



This form is perhaps fairly separable from X. trocJiilirosfris, but 

 is hardly smaller than many specimens of the latter, as its name 

 would imply. As Mr. Salvin has pointed out, it may be recognized 

 by its bill, which is not red as in X. trochilirostris, nor blackish 

 as in A"", procurvus. The plumage, too, is generally darker than 

 in X. trochilirostris, and the stripes are narrower. 



a. Ad. sk. 



h. Ad sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



«>/• d" ? ad. sk. 



S ad. sk. 

 Ad. sk. 

 2 ad. sk. 

 is ad. sk. 

 Ad. sk. 



Bogota. 



Concordia, U. S. C. {Salmon). 



Ecuador. 



Rio Napo (?). 



Boquete de Chitra, Veragua 



{Ai'ce). 

 Chiriqui, Veragua {Arce). 

 Chitra, Veragua (Arce). 

 Veragua {Arce). 

 Costa Rica (Endres). 

 Costa Rica. 



Sclater Coll. 

 (Type of the species.) 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 



5. Xiphorhynchus pucherani. 



Xiphorhynchus puclieranii, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 378 ; Des Miirs, 

 Icon. brn. pi. QB,; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 142 (Bogota) ; id. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 1G8 ; *SW. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 69. 



Drymoruis pucherani, Eyton, Ccmtr. Orn. 1852, p. 23. 



Bill of Xiphorhynchus xnwherani. 



Above fulvous-brown ; head darker and, along with the neck and 

 upper back, marked with shaft-spots of pale fulvous ; patch on the 

 side of the head beneath the eye white : wings, rump, and tail fer- 

 ruginous : beneath fulvous brown, as above ; more or less distinctly 

 marked with pale fulvous shaft-stripes ; under wing- coverts ochra- 

 ceous; hill shorter and not nearly so much incurved as in the 

 preceding species, pale horn-colour: whole length 11 inches, wing 

 5-3, tail 4-4. 



Hah. Colombia. 



This at least is a very distinct species, at once known by its 

 large size, more uniform colour, the white subocular patch, and the 

 shorter and less curved bill. 



VOL. XV. M 



