308 FOKMICARIID^. 



Scarcely different from C. hrevkauila, but perliaps distinguishable 

 by its whiter throat and middle of belly, and the broader and darker 

 striations on the under surface. 



Hah. Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. 



a. Ad.sk. Tilotilo, Yungas,Bohvia(^«<e/Jey). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. c?ad. sk. Caracas, Venezuela (Goer/w//). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. San Cristobal, Venezuela (G-'oerw//). Salviu-Godraan Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Venezuela. Sclater Coll. 

 e,f,g. Ad.sk. Bogota. 



3. Chamaeza fulvescens. 



Cbamajza fulvescens, Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1882, p. 79 (Brit. Guiana) ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 429 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above fulvous olive-brown, head darker ; lores and line behind 

 the eye whitish ; tail-end black, tipped with pale fulvous ; sides of 

 head and body beneath white, with numerous black striations 

 occupying the lateral margins of the feathers ; breast and crissum 

 strongly tinged with fulvous : whole length 7"5 inches, wing 4, 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 1"6. Female similar. 



Rah. British Guiana. 



Closely allied to the two preceding species, but distinguishable by 

 the strong fulvous tinge on the breast and the darker colour above. 



a, b. cS ad. ; c. $ Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. ( Wliitely). (Types of the species.) 



d. (5' ad. sk. Merume Mts., Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



(Whitehj). 

 e,f. (S 9- ad.sk. Rorahna, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



( Whitehj). 

 a. 5 ad. sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Whitehj). 



4. Chamaeza nobilis. 



Chamseza nobilis, Gould, Ann. N. H. ser. 2, xv. p. 344 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 68 (Peru) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 08 (Rio Napo) et 

 p. 279 (Peru); Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 187.3, p. 277 (E. Peru), 

 et 1880, p. 155 (Ecuador) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 75 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. 

 ii. p. 79. 



Above dark fulvous-brown ; front and nape rufescent ; lores and 

 streak behind the eye whitish ; tail-end black, with broad tips of 

 pale fulvous : beneath clear white ; breast, flanks, and crissum with 

 broad black striations on both sides of the feathers ; under wing- 

 coverts white, with blackish margins : whole length 8 inches, 

 wing 4"5, tail 2-5, tarsus 1"G. Female similar. 



Hab. Upper Amazonia and Ecuador. 



The large size and clear white ground-colour of the under surface 

 distinguish this fine species. 



