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14. Ochthceca thoracica. 



Oclitbceca thoracica, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 133, 533, 1879, p. 232, 

 et 1882, p. 18 (Pern) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 197 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 611 (Bolivia). 



Above and below dark blackish cinereous, patch in front of eye 

 and slight superciliaries white ; breast cinnamomeous chestnut ; under 

 wing-coverts whitish; bill and feet black : whole length 4 - 8 inches, 

 wing 2-7, tail 2-2. 



Hab. Peru and Bolivia. 



At once recognizable from 0. cinnamomeivcntris by the black belly. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



15. Ochthceca nigrita. 



Ochthceca nigrita, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 787 ; iicl. Nomencl. 

 p. 42 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 750; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 197. 



Above and below nearly uniform slaty black ; short superciliaries 

 white ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet black : whole length 5 - 2 inches, 

 wing 2-6, tail 1-8. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela and Peru. 



a. tf ad. sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



b. Jr. sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



16. Ochthceca salvini. 



Ochthceca salvini, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 324, 752 (W. Peru) ; id. 

 Orn. Per. ii. p. 200. 



Above grey, darker on the head ; front and superciliaries before 

 the eye yellow, behind the eye white ; wings blackish ; broad tips 

 of lesser and middle coverts and outer margins of secondaries white ; 

 tail black, external webs of outer pair of rectrices, and basal portion 

 of external webs of next two pairs and tips of all rectrices white : 

 beneath pale lemon-yellow, crissum and under wing-coverts whitish ; 

 bill and feet black : whole length 5 inches, wing 2 - 7, tail 2 # 4. 



Hab. Coast of North Peru. 



At once known by its pale yellow under-surface. 



a. <S ad. sk. Tuinbez, Peru (Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. (Au- 



thentic specimen.) 



17. Ochthceca ruiimarginata. 



Ochthceca rufimargmata, Lawr. Ann. Li/c. JV. Y. ix. p. 266; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 750 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 42 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1880, p. 202 (N. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 196. 



Above mouse-brown, rather more rufous on the rump ; wiugs 

 blackish; narrow margins of primaries, broad ends of outer secou- 



