2. NornocEKCus. 511 



h. Ad. sli. Ecuador ( Verreaux). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Pull. sk. Mouji, Ecuador (C Bucklej). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. PuU. St. No locality. Old Coll. 



2. Nothocercus nigricapillus. (Plate VIII.) 



Tinanius nig-rocapillus, G. R. Gr. List GalUncB Brit. Mus. p. 98 

 (Chili !) (1867) ; id. Hand-list, iii. p. 4, no. 98G3 (1871) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. iii. p. 637 (1877). 



Nothocercus nigricapillus, Sclat. S/- Salv. Nom. Av. Neotrop. p. 152 

 (ex loco ign.) (1873). 



Type. Upper part of the head and occiput black ; throat white ; 

 upper surface and lower neck brownish olive, vermiculated with 

 black ; wings, abdomen, and thighs brownish olive, vermiculated 

 with black and varied with black and white blotches ; lower breast 

 rufous brown, vermiculated with black. Total length about 12 

 inches, wing 7"5, culmen 1-1, tarsus 2-4. 



This species has a white throat like N. juUus ; the upper parts 

 are not so broadly banded as in that species, resembling in this 

 respect the new species from Antioquia described further on. 



Hah. Said to be Chili, which is extremely doubtful. 



a. Ad. St. ChiU P Purchased. 



(Type of species.) 



3. Nothocercus bonapartei. 



Tinamus bonapartei, G. R. Gr. List Gallinee Brit. Mus. p. 97 



(Aragua, Venezuela) (1867) ; id. Hand-list, iii. p. 3, n. 9862 



(1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 635 (1877). 

 Nothocercus boiiapartii, Sclat. S; Salv. Noyn. Av. Neotrop. p. 152 



(part., Venezuela and Colombia) (1873) ; ? Tacz. ^ Berl. P. Z. S. 



isSo, p. 112 (Machay, Ecuador). 

 Tinamus nigricapillus, Schler/. (nee G. R. Gr.) Mus. P.-B., Tinami, 



p. 17 (part., Bogota) (1880). 



Type. " Top and behind tlie head slaty black ; mentum pale 

 rufous ; cheeks, sides and lower part of neck rufous, with trans- 

 verse bands of black ; upper surface rufous olivaceous, with ver- 

 miculations and blotches of black, varied with spots of yellowish 

 white, especially on the lower part of back, wings, and upper tail- 

 coverts ; breast rusty colour, with some black undulations : sides of 

 abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts rufous olivaceous, varied 

 with black and rufous-white blotches. Length 16-6 inches, wing 

 6-7, tarsus 2-9. '" (OVn/.) 



In Gray's description the colour of the quills, which is most 

 characteristic in the species of this genus, is not mentioned ; but 

 Mr. Sharpe, who at my request has re-examined the tyi)C after my 

 departure from London, writes to me as follows : — " The inner webs 

 of the primaries are greyish, freckled with rufous bars; they are 

 ibout the same colour above and below ; the greater under wing- 



