1. CONOPOPHAGA. 331 



a. cJ ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



h. ^ ad. sk. South America. Salvin-Godniiin Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Rio Napo. Gould Coll. 



2. Conopophaga melanogastra. 



Oonopophag'a melanogastra, Mmetr, Mem. Ac. St. Pefersb. ser. vi. 

 {Sci. Kat.) i. p. 537, pi. xv. fig. 2 ; i?jy. Coyisji. i. p. 20;] ; Burtn. 

 Syst. Ueh. iii. p. 53; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 285. (Brazil) ; Pelz. 

 Orn. Bras. p. 92 ; Sol. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 41. 



Above chestnut-red ; head black ; postocular stripe white : be- 

 neath black, lower belly and crissum grey : whole length o'o inches, 

 wing 2'9, tail 1 '5. Female similar, but head brown; postocular 

 stripe greyish white : body beneath light grey, sides and crissum 

 darker. 



Hah. Interior of Erazil. 



The large size and chestnut back render this fine species unmis- 

 takable. 



a. $ ad. sk. Borba, Brazil {Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



3. Conopophaga peruviana. 



P- 



Nomencl. p. 41 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 90. 

 Conopophaga torrida, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. G8 (Ecuador) et p. 285 

 (Peru) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 193 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 41 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. ii. p. 89. 



Above cinereous ; back of head, wings, and tail brown ; large 

 white tuft behind the ej^e white ; feathers of back brownish, slightly 

 margined with blackish ; wing-coverts and outer secondaries with 

 slight apical spots of pale fulvous : beneath pale grey, whitish 

 on the throat and middle of the belly ; lower belly, flanks, and 

 crissum fulvous-brown ; bill horn-colour ; feet pale brown : whole 

 length 4 inches, wing 2*7, tail 1-3. Female. Above similar, but 

 generally more brownish : beneath, breast dark ferruginous red, 

 throat and belly paler. 



Hah. Upper Amazonia and Ecuador. 



I am now of opinion that my C. torrida is probably the female of 

 the present species. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peru (Hau.r- Gould Coll. 



luell). 



b. (S ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peru {Bartlctt). Sclater Coll. 



c. d. d S ad. sk. Chamicuros, Peru {Bartlett). E. Bartlett [C.]. 

 f',/. c? ad. ; y. 5 Sarayacu, Ecuador (/>'i/cWey). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 /(. cJ ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



i. 5 ad. sk. Ilio iSlapo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of C. torrida.) 

 j. Jr. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



