332 CONOPOPHAGID-T). 



4. Conopophaga ardesiaca. 



Conopophaga ardesiaca, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. A v. i. p. 13 (Bolivia) ; 

 d'Orb. Vol/., Ois. p. It^S;' Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 286; id. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 193 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 203 ; Sd. et Salv. Nomend. p. 41 ; 

 iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 625 (Bolivia). 



Above olivc-browu ; frout and sides of head cinereous ; pencil of 

 feathers behind the eyes white ; wings and tail uniform brown : 

 beneath dark cinereous, paler in the middle of the bcUj' ; flanks and 

 crissum brownish ; bill above dark, yellowish at the base ; feet 

 brown : whole length 5 inches, wing 2"S, tail 1-8, tarsus 1'2. Fe- 

 male similar, but more brownish above ; front and sides of head 

 rufous, and rather paler beneath. 



Hah. Bolivia and Ecuador. 



Apparently distinct from Conopopliaga peruviana in having no 

 spots on the wing-coverts and a different tint on the upper plumage. 

 I believe specimen a to be one of d'Orbigny's original examples. 



a. S ad. sk. Bolivia. Sclater Coll. 



h, c. c? ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



(Bucklei/). 



d. 5 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



b. Conopophaga castaneiceps. 



Conopophasja ardesiaca, Tsch. F. P., Aves, p. 179; Sd. P. Z. S. 1855, 



p. 145 (Bogota) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 531 (Ceutr. Peru), et 1882, 



p. 34 (N.E. Peru). 

 Conopophaga castaneiceps, Sd. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 47 (Bogota), et 18.58, 



p. 286 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 1 93 ; Sd. et Salv. No7nend. p. 41 ; Tacz. 



Orn. Per. ii. p. 8S {^). 

 Conopophaga gutturalis, Sd. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 574 (Bogota) ; Sd. et 



Salv. Nomend. p. 41 ( 5 )• 



Above olivaceous brown, with slight blackish freckling on the 

 interscapulium ; cap chestnut-red, brighter on the front ; sides of 

 head blackish ; a white pencil of feathers behind the eye : beneath 

 dark blackish grey, rather paler on the middle of the belly, and 

 brownish on the flanks and crissum : whole length 4*4 inches, wing 

 2'8, tail 1"8, tarsus I'l. Female. Above similar : beneath with the 

 throat and breast chestnut-brown like the head, paler, nearly white, 

 in the middle of the throat. 



Hah. Peru and Colombia. 



Apparently distinguishable from the two preceding species by its 

 chestnut head. 



a. S ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of C. castaneiceps.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of C. (jutttd-alis.) 



c. S ad. sk. Bogota. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



d. c? ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



e. (5ad.sk, Feni {Tsckudi). Sclater Coll. 



