188 FOEMICAKIIDiE. 



white ; bill and feet black ; whole length 7*9 inches, wing 3-7, 

 tail 3-2, (Berle^iscJi.) 



Hah. Paraguay. 



The single specimen as yet obtained is in the Berlin Mnseuni. 

 The general foim is that of T. major, but the bill is rather shorter 

 aud more elevated. 



Sect. C *. Of smaller size ; general plumage of males 

 black, of females rufous. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Wing-coyerts not edged with white. 

 a. Tail unifomi black. 



«'. Larger: under wiDg-coverts black. 



i Large subscapular patch white. ... 12. leuconotus, p. 188. 



I Edge of bend of wing white 13. immaculatus, p. 189. 



h'. Smaller : under wing-coverts black and 



white 14. (ethiops, p. 190. 



h. Tail broadly tipped with white 15. hwtuosns, p. 190. 



B. Wiug-coverts edged with white. 



{Larger : outer tail-feathers sometimes 

 narrowly tipped with white 16. tsckudii, p. 191. 

 Smaller : all tail-feathers tipped with 

 white 17. melanochmis, p. 191. 



C. Wing-coverts with small white terminal 



spots 18. pimdatus, p. 191. 



12. Thamnophilus leuconotus. 



Thamnophilus leuconotus, Sjnx, Av. Bras. ii. p. 28, pi. xxxix. fig. 2 



( d" ) ; ^cl- ef Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 272 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. 



p. 69 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 5. 

 Thamnophilus melanoceps, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 28, pi. xxxix. fig. 1 ; 



ScL P. Z. S. 1857, p. 133 (E. Peru), et 1858, pp. 65, 210 



(Ecuador). 

 Diallactes melanocephalus. Cab. et Hem. Mtis. Hein. ii. p. 18 ( J ). 

 Thamnophilus melanocephalus, ScL Cat. A. B.^p. 172 ($). 

 Thamnophilus corvinus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 69 (IJ. Ucayali) ; 



id. Ann. Kat. Hist. ser. 2, xv. p. 345; Scl. Edinh. Phil. Joum. 



* The following species has been founded on an immature specimen, pro- 

 bably belonging to a species of this section of Thamnffphilus : — 



TnAMNOPiiiLus MELAN'OTHoitAx, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p 133, et 1858, p. 210. 



Above dark chestnut ; sides of head and body beneath black; lower belly 

 and flanks paler, olive-brown with a rufous tinge ; tail uniform chestnut : 

 whole length G'.') inches, wing 3'2, tail 28. 



Hah. S. America. 



a. St. S. America. Piu'chased. 



(Type of the species.) 



