25. GTMNOPITHTS. 297 



1. Gymnopithys rufigula. 



Petit merle biiiii a sorge rousse de Caveune, Daub. I'l. Enl. 644. tig. 2. 



Tiirdus rufigula. Bodcl Table d. H. Enl. p. 39. 



Tnrdus pectoralis, Laf/i. Ltd. Orn. i. p. 357. 



Pitlivs pectoralis, Cab. Wie(/m. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 214 ; i)/>. Consp. 



i. p. 203. 

 Arioplops rufigula, Cab. ct Ilehi. Mm. Hein. ii. p. 9. 

 PitLys rufiofularis, Sclafer, P. Z. S. 1S5S, p. 273 (Cavenue) ; id. Cat. 



A. B. p. '189; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 89; id. Ibis, 1873, p. 113; Scl. 



et Salv. Nomencl. p. 74 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 428 (Brit. Guiana) ; 



W. L. Sclafer, Ibis, 1887, p. 318 (Brit. Guiana). 

 Myiotbera pectoralis, Temm. Tabl. Meth. p. 17. 

 ^lyrinotliera pectoralis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 396. 



Above umber-brown, dorsal spot white : front wings and tail 

 rufcscont : beneath pale pinkish brown ; sides of head and chin 

 chestnut-brown ; flanks and crissum more dnskj' ; bill blackish with 

 yellowish point ; feet yellow : whole length 5-2 inches, wing 3-2, 

 tail 2. Female. Similar, but dorsal spot bright fulvous. 



Hah. Guiana and Lower Amazonia. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Leseeka, Brit. Guiana ( W. L. Sclater Coll. 



Sclate)'). 



c. d. (S ad.; Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e. Jr. sk. {Whitchj). 



f. c? ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana ( Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (J. (S ad. sk. Barra, Brazil (Nafferer). Sclater Coll. 



2. Gymnopithys melanosticta. 



Pithys melanostictn, Scl. et Sail). P. Z. S. 1880, p. 160 (E. Ecuador). 



Above and beneath brown, rather more rufescent above ; feathers 

 of middle of back, wing-coverts, and outer secondaries banded with 

 black, which is edged with chestnut ; remiges externally chestnut ; 

 middle of crown dirty whitish ; eye-region naked ; sides of head 

 and lores black ; bill above horn-colour, beneath whitish ; feet pale 

 plumbeous : whole length 5'2 inches, wing 3, tail 1'8. 



Ilab. Eastern Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(T}-])e of the species.) 



3. Gymnopithys gymnops. 



Rhegmatorluna gymnops, Midf/tv. Proc. TJ. S. N. Mus. x. p. 525 

 (L. Amazons). 



Above umber-brown, rump duller ; crested head and body beneath 

 black ; flanks and crissum brownish ; a wide naked space round the 

 eyes ; bill blackish, paler at the tip ; feet black : whole length 6 

 inches, wing 3-1, tail 2-2. Female. Similar, but head dusky and 

 body beneath olive-brown. 



Hah. Lower Amazons. 



ilr. llidgway has kindly sent me his male specimen of Bher/maio- 

 rhina gymnops for examination. I think it can hardly be separated 

 from Gymnopithys generically. 



