342 riERoi'TocniD.ii;. 



of breast plambeous, as body above ; flanks and crissura rufous, 

 with narrow bluck cross bars ; bill horn-colour, beneath yellowish ; 

 foot pale brown: whole length 4-5 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-2. 

 Female similar. Yunntj. lUifous, barred more or less above and 

 beneath witli iiari-ow black cross bars ; throat and breast with a 

 phirabcous tingo. 



JIah. S.E. Brazil. 



The white throat and breast at once distinguish this species. 



a. Ad. st. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



6, c, d. Ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



e, f. Ad. ; (/. Jr. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



h! Ad. ; i. "Jr. sk. S.E. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



j, h. Ad. ; I. Jr. sk. S.E. Brazil. Jaidine CoU. 



8. Scytalopus superciliaris. 



Scytalopus superciliaris, Cab. J.f. O. 1883, p. 105, t. ii. fig. 2 (Tucu- 

 iuan) ; 8cl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 205. 



Nearest to ^S'. indiijoiicus, but Avithout the white on the breast 

 and belly, only the throat being clear white ; superciliaries striped 

 with white : front, sides of the head and neck, breast, and belly 

 grey ; rest of upper surface, together with flanks and erissum, light 

 brown, with fine blackish cross markings ; bill blackish ; feet light- 

 coloured. {Cahanis.) 



Hah. Sierra of Tucuman, rep. Argent. 



9. Scytalopus analis. 



Merulaxis analis, Lnfr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 104; id. Contr. Orn. 1851, 



p. 149. 

 Scytalopus analis, Scl. et Sah. Nomencl. p. 76 ; Scl. Ibis, 1874, p. 196. 

 Agathopus micropterus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 69 (Ecuador) ; id. Cat. 



A. B. p. 168. 

 ScytiJopus micropterus, Tacz. et Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 102 (Ecuador) 



Above dull black ; wings and tail rather brownish ; lower back 

 with the feathers long, thick, and loose, reddish brown with slight 

 blackish subapical cross bars : beneath dark ashy blackish ; flanks 

 and lower belly rufous, with black cross bands ; bill black ; feet 

 dark brown : whole length 5 inches, wing 2*4, tail 2. 



liab. Colombia and Ecuador. 



This species is rather divergent in structure from its fellows, 

 having a stronger bill, longer and thicker tarsi, and a longer hind 

 toe and claw. When I first obtained specimens of it in one of 

 Yerreaux's Napo collections, I proposed to refer it to a new genus 

 and species — Agathopus micropterus. On receiving subsequently a 

 specimen from Bogota, I was induced to identify it as being probably 

 the Merulaxis analis of Lafresnaye, although he gives as locality 

 " Paraguay and Chili." I have also examined a "Bogota " skin of 

 this species in Mr. G. N. Lawrence's collection. 



