198 BTJCcoNro^. 



h. 5 ad. sk. Chisec, Vera Paz {Sahin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Vera Paz {Sahin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tifl- 6 2 ^^- sk. Guatemala (Sulvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. 5 ad. sk. Guatemala {Salviri). Sclater Coll. 



n. c? jr. sk. Guatemala. Sclater Coll. 



6. Malacoptila fulvigularis. 



" Lypomix rufa, War/l." Tsch. Fcmn. Per., Aves, pp. 41, 257. 

 Malacoptila fulvogulari.s Scl. P. Z. S. 1853, p. 123, 1855, p. 196 ; id. 



Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 476; id. 8yn. 5?^cc. p. 16; id. 



Monoqr. Jac. and Puff-hds. p. 127, pi. xlii. ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. 



Hein. iv. p. 131 ; Scl vf Salv. Nomencl. p. 106 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 633 ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1886, pp. 68, 108 (Ecuador) : Tacz. 



Orn. Per. iii. p. 132. 

 Malacoptila pyrrholsema, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 13. 



Above brown, varied witb paler colour ; whole head, upper back, 

 and sides of neck blackish, with distinct white or ochreoiis white 

 shaft-stripes on all the feathers ; rictal plumes partlj' white ; lores 

 and throat fulvous : breast and flanks black, with shaft-stripes as on 

 the head, but broader and more distinct ; lower belly and crissum 

 fulvous white ; tail brownish cinereous, paler beneath : whole length 

 7-2 inches, wing 3-9, tail 3-9, bill 1-2. 



Hah. Bolivia. 



This is quite a distinct species, readily known by its strongly 

 striated head and breast and the fulvous throat. 



a. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Buckley). 



7. Malacoptila substriata. 



Malacoptila substriata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1853, p. 123, pi. li., 1855, pp. 136, 

 196; id. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 476; id. Syn. Bucc.yi. 17; 

 id. Cat. A. B. p. 273 ; id. Monogr. Jac. and Pvff-bds. p. 129, pi. 

 xliii. ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 134 ; Scl. et Sail). Nomencl. 

 p. 106. 



Above brown, varied with pale brown ; fore part and sides of 

 head darker, and striated with long narrow shaft-stripes of fulvous 

 white ; lores and rictal plumes partly white ; chin and throat ful- 

 vous ; breast and flanks striated like the head, but stripes broader ; 

 middle of belly and crissum pale fulvous whitish ; tail rufous brown, 

 beneath paler : whole length 7 inches, wing 3*6, tail 3*8, bill from 

 gape I'l. 



Hah. Colombia. 



This species is nearly allied to M. fidvigularis, and perhaps hardly 

 distinct ; but the shaft-stripes on the head and lower surface of the 

 present bird are more fulvous and not so well defined, and do not 

 extend over the nape and upper back. 



a. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



