9. DYSITHAMNITS. 223 



a, b. c? ad. ; c. 5 ad. ; Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll 



f c? jr. sk. ( Whltely). (Types of the species.) 



e,/. c? ad. ; (/, A. $ Roraima, Erit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 

 ad. sk. ( Whitely). 



6. Dysithamnus xanthopterus. 



Djsithamnus xantlioptorus, Biirm. Syst. TJeh. iii. p. 81 : Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1857, p. 132, et 1858, p. 222 (Brazil) ; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 177 ; Scl. et Salv. No7nencl. p. 71. 



Above, head, neck, and upper back slaty grey, sides of head and 

 narrow front variegated with white spots ; lower back and onter 

 surface of wings bright rufous, nearly chestnut ; tail blackish with 

 rufous edgings : beueath pale slaty, more whitish on the throat and 

 breast ; flanks and lower belly olivaceous ; under wing-coverts 

 white : whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2-G, tail 2-2. Female similar, 

 but cap rufous like the back, and wholly pale olivaceous beneath 



Ilab. S.E. Brazil. 



This species is easily known by its chestnut wings and back. 



f i ^- St- Brazil. Zool. Soc. CoU. 



b. d ad sk Brazil. Gould Coll. 



c,d. d2 ad. sk. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



7. Dysithamnus puncticeps. 



Dysithamnus puncticeps, Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 72, et 1867, p 144 

 (Veragua) ; Sd. et Salv. Noinencl. p. 71. 



Above slaty grey ; head black, thickly covered with round white 

 spots ; wings and tail blackish with greyish edgings, wing-coverts 

 with round white apical spots: beneath white, breast "slightly 

 streaked with blackish ; sides of breast and belly cinereous, flanks 

 and crissum brownish : whole length 3-8 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1-4, 

 Female similar, but above brownish, spots on the head rufous ; 

 abdomen pale fulvous. 



Hah. Veragua. 



The peculiar spotting of the head at once distinguishes this short- 

 tailed species. 



a, b. S ad. ; c. $ ad. sk. Veragua {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Types of the spec-ies.) 



8. Dysithamnus striaticeps. 



Dysithamnus striaticeps, Lmvr. Atin. Lye. N. Y. viii p 1.30 ot ix 

 p. 107 (Costa Rica) ; Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 305 (Costa Rica) ,' 

 Rlcaf "■ "^'^" P- '^ ' ^'''"'- ^- ^- ^- 1^^^' P- *^0 (Costa 



Above cinereous, head and nape striated with black ; lower back 

 wmgs, and tail brownish; wing-coverts black with M'hite apical 

 spots : beneath, throat cinereous with slight white spots ; breast 



