290 FORMICAKTIDiE. 



Above schistaccous, wings and tail brownish : beneath white, 

 throat and neck black ; flanks and crissum pale cinereous ; bill 

 black ; feet brown : whole length 5 inches, wing 2-G, tail 1"7. 

 Female. Above mouse-brown ; cap rufous ; sides of head black : 

 beneath white, flanks and crissum fulvous. 



Hah. Eio Madeira district. 



This is a fine well-marked species allied to IT. '»iyiotJierina, but 

 readily known by its brownish wings with unspotted coverts. 



a, 6. J $ ad. sk. Borba, Brazil {Nat.terer). Sclatcr Coll. (Authen- 

 tic specimens.) 



10. Hypocnemis melanura. 



Hypocuemis melanura, Sd. et Salv. P. Z. S. 186G, p. 186 (R. Uca- 

 yali), et 187.S, p. 276 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 74 ; Tacz. Orn. 

 Ph: ii. p. 69. 



Above dark slaty, passing into black on the head and neck ; wings 

 and tail black, wing-coverts with distinct white margins : beneath 

 rather paler ; throat and neck black ; under wing-coverts white ; 

 bill black ; feet brown : whole length 4*5 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1"6. 

 Female. Above fulvous-brown ; wing-coverts black with white 

 margins : beneath white ; breast, sides of belly, and crissum ful- 

 vescent. 



Hah. Upper Amazonia. 



This is a rather smaller species, nearly allied to the two following, 

 but without white tips to the tail-feathers. 



a. (S ad. sk. Cashaboya, Peru (BartIM). Sclater Coll. | (Types of the 



b. 5 ad. sk. Upper Ucayali (Baiilett). Sclater Coll. | species.) 



11. Hypocnemis melanopogon. 



Hypocnemis melanopogon, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 130, et 1858, 

 p. 253 (Peru); id. Cat. A. B. p. 188; Pelz. Oni. Bras. p. 88 ; Sd. 

 et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 186 (R. Ucayali), 1867, p. 576 (L. Ama- 

 zons), et 1873, p. 276 (E. Peru) ; iid. A'umend. p. 74 ; Tacz. Orn. 

 Per. ii. p. 70. 



Above schistaccous ; wing-coverts black, with distinct white mar- 

 gins ; tail black, with narrow white tip : beneath pale schistaccous, 

 nearly white in the middle of the belly ; throat black ; bill and feet 

 blackish: whole length 4-5 inches, wing 2-4, tail 1'4. Female 

 similar, but throat white; breast edged with slatj'. 



JJah. Guiana and Amazonia. 



This is a small feeble species, with rather a long thiu beak and 

 short tail, and with scarcely any indications of a dorsal spot. 



a. (S jr. sk. Rio Javari. Purchased. 



h. (5 jr. sk. Elvira, E. Peru {Hauxwell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. (S jr. sk. Chamicuros, E. Peru {Han.v- Gould Coll. 



well). (Type of the species.) 



d. «5 ad. sk. Cashaboya, E. Peru. E. Bartlett [C.l. 



