292 FORMICAKIIDiE. 



Above brownish grey ; concealed dorsal spot white ; interscapu- 

 lium and lower back black, with numerous large, round, white spots ; 

 wings brownish : wing-coverts and outer secondaries with white 

 terminal spots ; tail black, with white end : beneath white, throat 

 black ; breast with numerous black flammulations ; under wing- 

 coverts white : bill black ; feet pale brown : whole length 4-5 

 inches, wiug 2-5, tail I'i. Female similar, but spots above tinged 

 with fulvous ; throat white and belly pale fulvous. 



llah. Upper Amazonia. 



«. cJ ad. slv. Venezuela (?). Selater Coll. 



b. c? ad. sk. Upper Amazons (Bates). Selater Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Rio Javari, Upper Amazons Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



{Bates). 



d. (5 ad. sk. Rio Javari, Upper Amazons Purchased. 



(Bates). 



e,f. cf 2 ad. sk. Yquitos, Peru ( IVliitely). Selater Coll. 



//.'$ ad.sk. Yquitos, Peru ( IFMe/y). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



"/(. (5' ad. sk. Bogota (P). Purchased. 



15. Hypocnemis theresse. 



Conopopliaga theresse, Des Miirs, Voij. Casteln., Ois. p. 51, pi. 16. 

 fig. 2,5 (1855). 



Hvpocnemis theresse, Selater, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 67 (Rio Napo), 253 

 \U. Amazons) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 188 ; Set. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 187 (R. Ucayali), 1867, p. 750 (E. Peru), et 1873, pp. 185, 276 

 (E. Peru) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 74 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 531 

 (C. Peru), et 1882, p. 32 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 72. 



Above fulvous-brown ; concealed dorsal spot white ; interscapu- 

 lium black, covered with large round light fulvous spots ; wings 

 black, wing-coverts and outer secondaries terminated by large 

 light fulvous spots ; tail brown, with pale fulvous terminal spots 

 which are bordoi-ed with black : beneath white ; throat" black ; 

 breast marked with large black ilammulations ; tlanks and crissum 

 pale fulvous ; bill black ; feet pale yellow : whole length 4-5 inches, 

 wing 2-5, tail 1*4. Female, above like the male ; beneath, throat 

 white ; whole abdomen pale fulvous. 



Hub. Upper Amazonia and Ecuador. 



In this species the rump is fulvous-brown, like the head, and not 

 spotted, and the spots above are larger and of a pale fulvous, not 

 white as in H, ncevia. 



a, 6. cJ 2 ad. sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne (?). Selater Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Xeberos, E. Peru (Bartlett). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Cliamicm'os, E. Peru (Haiu- Gould Coll. 



well). 



e. c? ad. ; /. Yquitos, Peru ( Whitely). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Pull. sk. 



<j,h. S 2 ad. sk. Upper Ucayali. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



/. (S ad. sk. Upper Amazous (Bates). Selater Coll. 



j. c? ad. sk. Upper Amazons (Bates). Purchased. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Selater Coll. 



I, III- d 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



