360 COTINGIDJ.. 



2. Attila uropygialis. 



Pasycephala uropygialis, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. G86; Cab. et 



Ilein. Mas. He'in. ii. p. 14. 

 Attila uropygialis, Pek. Orn. Bras. p. 96 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 804 



(Brit. Guiana). 

 Attila brasilieusis, Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 303 (Brit. Guiana). 



Aboye dark cinereous brown, rump bright yellow ; wings blackish, 

 edged with brownish, both rows of coverts tipped with pale rufous ; 

 tail cinereous brown, middle portions of web lighter: beneath 

 white, breast brownish, flarnmulated on throat and breast with pale 

 cinereous ; under wing-coverts and flanks pale yellowish ochraceous ; 

 bill dark horn-colour, pale at the base ; feet blackish : whole length 

 6-5 inches, wing 3-5, tail 2-8. Female (?) similar, but upper parts 

 and breast-band more or less olivaceous. 



Hab. British Guiana. 



I propose to refer for the present to A. uropygialis all the speci- 

 mens obtained by Mr. Whitely, except those on which A. spodio- 

 stethus has been founded. Mr. Salvin has spoken of some of them 

 as barely separable from A. brasiliensis, and they are certainly very 

 like the Brazilian bird, though smaller in size. If my descriptions of 

 the two sexes are correct, then Mr. "Whitely's determinations are in 

 some cases difficult to understand; for example, spec, b, marked <3 , 

 is in what I consider female plumage, and spec, d, marked $ , in 

 male phimage. 



a, b. c? ad. ; c. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Ad. sk. ( Whitely). 



d. 2 &&■• sk. Carimang *., Brit. Guiana Salyin-Godman Coll. 



(Whitely). 



e. d ad. sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana Sclater Coll. 



( Whitely). 

 f,g. d 2 ad.sk. Camacusa, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Whitely). 



3. Attila spodiostethus. 



Attila spodiostethus, Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1883, p. 209 (Brit, Guiana) ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 304 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above, head and neck cinereous ; interscapulium olivaceous ; ramp 

 bright lemon-yellow ; tail dull rufous : beneath white, throat and 

 breast densely flammulated with cinereous ; under wing-coverts 

 and flanks pale yellow ; bill horn-colour, pale at the base ; feet 

 brown : whole length 6-5 inches, wing 3-5, tail 2-8. Female similar, 

 but smaller and whiter on the belly. 



Hab. British Guiana. 



This is perhaps only a phase of A. uropygialis, but we require 

 more information on the whole genus. 



a, b. £ 2 a< l- sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( Whitely). (Types of the species.) 



