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28. Thanmophilus simplex. 



Tharanophilus simplex, Sd. Ibis, 1873, p. 387, pi. xy. (Para) ; Scl. et 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 139 ; iid. Nomencl. p. GO. 



Above uuiform plumbeous, wings and tail slightly darker ; bend 

 of wing with a few white markings : beneath similar, rather brighter 

 on the belly ; under wing-coverts white, mixed with grey ; bill and 

 feet blackish : whole length 5"5 inches, wing 2-6, tail 2'2. Female. 

 Above rusty brown, head more rufescent: beneath, throat and 

 breast as above ; belly paler, more fulvous. 



Hah. Lower Amazonia. 



a,b. S 2 ^d. sk. Para {Lnyard). Sclater Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 

 c. $ ad. sk. L. Amazons ( Wallace). Sclater Coll. 



29. Thamnophilus naevius. 



Spotted Shrike, Lath. Sijn. i. p. 190, undi 



Lauius ufevius, Gm. S. N. i. p. 308 ; Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. 40, 

 pi. 17 ; Licht. Doubl. p. 46. 



Le Tachet, Levaill. Ois. clAfr. ii. p. 113, pi. 77. f. 1, rindh 



Lauius puuctatiis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. pt. 2, p. 327. 



Tliamuophilus urevius, Sw. Oni. Dr. pi. 59; Cab. in Schoinb. Guian. 

 iii. p. 687 ; Sclater, Edinb. Phil. Juurn. n. s. i. p. 242 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 148 (Bogota), 1858, p. 213, et 1860, pp. 278, 294 (Ecuador) ; 

 id. Cat. A. B. p. 173 ; Burin. Syst. JJeh. iii. p. 94; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 

 p. 76; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 355 (Panama), 1866, p. 185 

 (R. Ucayali), 1873, p. 273 (E. Peru), et 1879, p. 524 (Antioquia), 

 p. 623 (i3olivia) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 70; Salv. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 144 

 ( Veragua) ; id. Ibis, 1885, p. 423 (Brit. Guiana) ; Later. Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. ix. p. 107 (Costa Eica) ; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 305 

 (Costa Rica) ; Bouc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 60 (Costa Rica) ; Salv. nt 

 Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 171 (Santa Mart a) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1S79, 

 p. 232 (N. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 8 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 364 (AV. Ecuador) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1884, p. 307 (Bucara- 

 manga). 



Thamnophilus cperulescens, Lafr. Pev. Zool. 1853, p. 338 (?). 



Erionotus nrevius, Cab. et Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 16. 



Thanmophilus nsevius albiventris, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 9. 



Thamnophihis amazonicus, Lain: Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 325 

 (Panama) (?). 



Above cinereous, cap more or less black ; interscapulars mixed 

 with black, and with a large basal blotch of white ; wings black, 

 edged with white ; upper tail-coverts black, with more or less or 

 small terminal spots of white ; tail-feathers black, with white ends 

 and a narrow white bar across the outer web of the outer rectrix : 

 beneath cinereous, middle of belly clearer ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margins of wing-feathers white ; bill and feet blackish : whole 

 length 5-2 inches, wing 2'7, tail 2-1. Female. Above dull brown, head 

 rufescent ; concealed interscapular spot white ; wing-edgings ful- 

 vous ; tail brown, with white end and a white bar on the outer 

 rectrix : beneath pale fulvous. 



Bab. Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, 

 Guiana, and Brazil. 



