4. NONNTJLA. 201 



Above brown ; cap chestnut ; sid(!s of the head and neck and nape 

 cinereous : beneath, throat, breast, and middle of belly clear t'erru- 

 giuous ; lower holly and crissum whitish ; flanks more or less 

 cinereous : whole length 5-7 inches, wing 2-4, tail 2-2, bill from 

 gape 1. i^t'HirtZe. similar. 



Hub. Upper Amazonia. 



The chestnut cap distinguishes this species. 



«. $ ad. sk. Villa Maria, Matogrosso {Nat- Sclater Coll. 



fere)'), 



b. Ad. sk. Upper Ucayali {Barllett). Sclater Coll. 



c,<^. Ad.sk. Upper Ucayali. E. Bartlett [C.]. 



e. c? ad. sk. Samiria, Upper Amazons (IfrtKX- Salviu-Godman Coll. 



tuell). 



f. Ad. sk. E. Peru. Sclater Coll. 



4. Nonnula frontalis. 



Malacoptila frontalis, Scl. Attn. Xat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. p. 47U ; id. 



Syn. Bucc. p. 20 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 136 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 



vii. p. 318. 

 Nouuula frontaUs, Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 196, 1858, p. 60 ; id. Cat. A. 



B. p. 274 ; id. Monoyr. Jac. and Puff-bds. p. 139 ; Cah. et Hein. 



3Ius. Hein. iv. p. 129 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl, p. 106. 



Above brown ; front and forehead more or less tinged with rufous ; 

 lores and eye-region cinereous : beneath ferruginous, more dusky on 

 the sides ; middle of belly and crissum whitish : whole length 5'7 

 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-4, bill from gape 1. 



Hah. Colombia and Panama. 



This is a northern form of N. ruficapiUa, but has only the front 

 of the head rufous, and the cinereous colour of the sides of the head 

 and nape not nearly so prominent. 



a. Ad. sk. Panama {McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Interior of Colombia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Interior of Colombia. Sclater Coll. 



dy e. Ad. sk. Interior of Colombia. Pui'chased. (Types 



of the species ?) 



5. Nonnula brunnea. 



Nonnula frontalis, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 192, 1867, p. 752, et 



1.S73, p. 295. 

 Xonuula brunnea, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 600; id. Monoyr. Jac. aitd 



Puf-bds. p. 141, pi. .xlvi. Hg. 2 ; Tacz. P.Z.S. 1882, p. 44 (N.E. 



Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. iii. p. 135. 



Above nearly uniform brown ; lores somewhat rufous : beneath 

 dull ferruginous, more dusky on the sides ; belly and crissum 

 lighter, more cinnamomeous : whole length 5'5 inches, wing 2-5, 

 tail 2-;i, bill from gape 1-1, Female similar. 



Hub. Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



