196 



FOEMICARIID^, 



■white ; tail dark ciucrcous, with white tips : beneath paler, more or 

 less whitish in the middle of the belly; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margins of wing-fcathcrs white ; bill plumbeous, beneath 

 paler : whole length 5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-1. Fonale. Above 

 pale brown, head somewhat rufcscent ; wings and tail brown, with 

 slight apical spots of ochraceous on the coverts : beneath paler, white 

 in the middle of the belly. 



Hah. Amazonia aud (iuiana. 



This is a small, rather weakly formed species, easily known by its 

 nearly uniform grey coloration. 



o, 6. cJ 2 ad. sk. 



c. tS ad. sk. 



d. (S ad. sk. 



e. 5 ad. sk. 

 f>9- c?jr. ; ?ad. 



sk. 

 h, i. <S 2 ad. sk. 

 j. c? jr.sk. 

 k. $ jr. sk. 



/, m. c? 5 ad. sk. 



p. 2 



n, 0. (S ad. 



ad. sk. 

 q. S ad. ; r. 



sk. 

 s. 5 ad. sk. 



t. (S ad. sk. 



2f- 



Rio Negro, Brazil (Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimens.) 



Chamicuros, E. Peru {Bart- Sclater Coll. 



left). 



Chamicuros, E. Peru. E. BartL _ 



Xeberos, E. Peru. E. Bartlett [C 



Ojapoc, Cayenne. Sclater Coll 



:]: 



Oyapoc, Cayenne. 



Cayenne. 



Marakka, British Guiana ( W. 



L. Sclatvr). 

 Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana 



{Whitely). 

 Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana 



(WIdtehj). 

 Takutu r., Brit. Guiana. 



Camacusa, Brit. Guiana 



{Whiteh/). 

 Meriune Mts., Brit. Guiana 

 ( Whitely). 



Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



II. Whitely [C.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



27. Thanmophilus capitalis. 



Thamnophilus capitalis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 65, 214 (Rio 

 Napo) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 174; Scl. et Salv. JVoviencl. p. 70 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. ii. p. II. 



Above cinereous, cap black ; wings and tail blackish, the former 

 with slight cinereous edgings ; the latter with slight white tips to 

 the outer rectrices : beneath pale cinereous, middle of belly whitish ; 

 under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers white ; bill 

 plumbeous, paler beneath : whole length 5"2 inches, wing 2'6, 

 tail 2'2. Female. Above brown, head rufous : beneath fulvous, 

 paler on the throat. 



Hub. Upper Amazonia. 



a. (5 jr. ; b. 5 ad. Rio Xapo, Ecuador. 



sk. 

 c. 2 ad. sk. 

 'A e. c? 5 ad. sk. 

 /. c? ad. sk. 



Rio Napo, Ecuador. 

 Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buikley). 

 Yciukos, E. Peru ( IVliitely). 



Sclater Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 P'uchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Sclater Coll. 



