1. CONOPOPHAGA. 333 



6. Conopophaga lineata. 



Myiagrus liueatus, Max. Beiii: iii. p. 1046. 



Conopophaga vulgaris, Menetr. Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Pelersb. s4v. vi. 



(.SW. Naf.) i. p. 534, pi. 14. fig. 1. 

 Conopophaga lineata, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 215 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 203; Burm. Si/st. Ueb. iii. p. 52; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 285 (S.E. Brazil) ;' id. Cat. A. B. p. 193 ; Cab. et Hein. 



Mus. Hein. ii. p. 8 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 92 ; Scl. et Salr. Komcncl. 



p. 41 ; Cab. J.f. O. 1874, p. 8.j (Brazil) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, 



pp. 436, 437 ; id. Ibis, 1881, p. 345 (N.E. Brazil) ; Salv. Cat. 



Strickl. Coll. p. 353. 



Above uniform brown ; lores and superciliaries cinereous, passing 

 into a pure white postocular pencil of elongated feathers : beneath 

 rufous ; slight guttural spot, middle of beUy, and under wing- 

 coverts white ; bill above plumbeous, beneath yellowish ; feet pale 

 hazel : whole length 5 inches, wing 2-8, tail 1"7. Female similar, 

 but paler. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The plain browu plumage above and the prominent white car- 

 tuft render this species easily recognizable. 



«. Ad. St. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Rio de Janeiro (Yoiuls). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. 2 f*d. sk. Rio de Janeiro. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. c3' ad.; e,f. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2 ad. sk. Sul {Jo!/?jer). 



rj. (S ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. S. E. Brazil. Purchased. 



/. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Riocom- Coll. 



7. Conopophaga dor sails. 



Conopophaga dorsalis, Mmetr. Mem. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. ser. vi. 

 (Sci. Nat.) i, p. 533, pi. 14. fig. 2 (1835) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 203 ; 

 Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 53 ; &;l. et Salv. Numencl. p. 41. 



Above olivaceous brown, with slight blackish freckles on the 

 interscapulium : cap slightly cinereous ; lores, superciliaries, and 

 postocular stripe white ; wing-coverts, outer secondaries, and rec- 

 trices with slight apical spots of pale fulvous : beneath, throat and 

 middle of belly pure white ; breast and flanks bright ochraceous ; 

 under wing-coverts white ; bill black ; feet brown : whole length 

 4 inches, wing 2-5, tail 1*1, tarsus 1. Female similar, but cap 

 iirfous and postocular stripe not so distinct. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



This bird has been regarded by many authors as the female form 

 of the two following species ; and such may be the case, though, at 

 present, I am inclined to the contrary view. 



