5S. ODOXTOPHORTJS. 437 



c-e. S ad. et c? 2 Santa Elena, Autioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 imm. sk. of Colombia (7". K. Sal- 



mon), 

 f. 2 ad. sk. Concordia, Antioquia, U.S. of Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (J. K. Salmon). (Type of O. hypo- 



spodius, Scl. & Salv.) 



6. Odontophorus speciosus. 



Odontophorus speciosus, Tschudi, Wiegm. Arch. 1843, p. 387 ; id. 

 Fauna Peruana, p. 281, pi. xxxiii. (184-1-46) [Chanchomayo, 

 Peru] ; Gould, Monogr. Odonfoph. pt. iii. pi. 2o (18o0) ; Gray, List 

 Gallince Brit. Mus. p. 71 (18157) ; td. Hund-l. B. ii. p. 271 (1870) ; 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. oo8 [near Chilpes, Central Peru] ; id. Orn. 

 Perou, iii. p. 288 (1886). 



Adult male. Top of the head dark reddish brown, faintly vermi- 

 culated with black ; upper parts similar but paler, the scapulars and 

 outer secondaries with the usual black patches near the extremity ; 

 most of tlio feathers of the back of the neck and mantle with whitish- 

 buff shaft-stripes ; wing-coverts and scapulars mostly with a tri- 

 angular buff spot at the extremity ; most of the feathers of the 

 lower back with a black shaft-spot near the extremity ; quiUs 

 brown, the inner primaries slightly and the secondaries largely 

 mottled \\ ith buff on the outer web ; well-marked black and white 

 superciliary stripes passing backwards above the ear-coverts down 

 the sides of tlie neck ; chin, throat, and sides of face black ; neck, 

 chest, and rest of underparts bright rust-red ; thighs and under 

 tail-coverts brownish, with mottled bars of black and rufous-buff 

 tips. Total length 10 inches, wing 5*7, tail 2-2, tarsus 1-8, middle 

 toe and claw 1"9. 



This species is nearly allied to 0. hyperythrus, but is easily 

 distinguished by the black-and-white eyebrow and black chin and 

 throat. 



A younr/er male differs from the adult in having the black-and- 

 white superciliary stripe much reduced in width ; mantle with 

 scarcely any trace of pale shaft-stripes ; the inner webs of the 

 longer scapulars and outer secondaries widely edged towards the 

 extremity with rich rufous buff : chin, throat, and sides of the face 

 chestnut with dusky margins. 



Adult female. Differs chiefly from the adult male in having only 

 the chest rufous chestnut, the breast and belly being dark grey with 

 a few of the feathers on the sides tinged with rufous. Total length 

 9".j inches, wing 5'3, tail 2-1, tarsus 18, middle toe and claw 1'9. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



a. Ad. sk. Chanchomayo, Peru (Tschudi). Gould Coll. (One of 



the typical specimens.) 



b, c. $ ad. et cJ Granadillas, Ecuador (C.^i/cA;- Salvui-God man Coll. 

 \ix ad. sk. ley). 



