71. CONTOPTJS. 237 



5. Contopus ardesiacus. 



Tyrannula ardosiaca, Lafr. P. Z. 1844, p. 80 (Bogota). 



Sayornis aidosiaca, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 149. 



Contopus ardesiacus, Cab. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 479; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1859, 



pp. 44, 144, et 1860, p. 92 (Ecuador) ; 8d. et Salt. Komencl. p. 52 ; 



iid. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 515 (Antioquia) et p. 615 (Bolivia) ; Tacz. 



P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 539, 1879, p. 235, et 1882, p. 21 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. 



p. 317 ; Perl, et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 558, 1884, p. 297, et 1885, 



p. 92 (Ecuador) ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 298 (Br. Guiana). 

 Myioehanes ardesiacus, Cab. et Hein. 3Ius. Hein. ii. p. 71 : Scl, Cat. 



A. B. p. 232. 



Above dark cinereous, crown rather blacker ; wings and tail 

 smoky black : beneath similar but rather paler, especially on the 

 middle of the belly ; under wing-coverts cinereous ; bill brown, 

 beneath paler ; feet blackish : whole length 6 # 5 inches, wing 3'8, 

 tail 3*2. Female similar. 



Hub. Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



This is not quite a typical Contopus, the wings being rather 

 shorter than in the other species. 



a, b. c? $ ad. Boraima, Brit. Guiana (Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. 



c. cS ad. sk. Twek-quey mt,, Carimang r., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brit. Guiana ( Whitely). 



d. Jad.sk. Merida, Venezuela (Goering). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 <?. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. C. Sclater Coll. 



{Salmon). 



g. $ ad. sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. (Salmon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. (S ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador (Fraser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



;. Ad. sk. Ninabamba, C. Peru (Jelski). Sclater Coll. 



A: 2 ad. sk. Tambillo, Peru (Jelski). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



/, m. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia (Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ley). 



6. Contopus ochraceus. 



Contopus ochraceus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 419 (Costa Rica) ; 

 iid, Komencl. p. 52 ; Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 115, et 1874, p. 313 ; 

 Ridyway, Ris, 1883, p. 401. 



Above brownish olive, darker on the head ; wings and tail ashy 

 black, the wing-coverts and secondaries edged externally with 

 ochraceous : beneath deep ochraceous, paler on the throat and more 

 yellowish on the belly ; bill above blackish, beneath yellowish : 

 whole length 6-5 inches, wing 3-3, tail 2*9. 



Bab. Costa Bica. 



The ochraceous colour below at once distinguishes this species. 



a. Ad.sk, Costa Bica (Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



