214 Mr. P. L. Sclater's Synopsis of the 



Cochabamba, and most abundantly at a place called Ticque- 

 paya. They have precisely the habits of Flycatchers. D. 

 carbonaria I have watched often sitting motionless on the 

 highest twig of a bush until he discovered a passing insect, 

 on which he descended, and then returned to his post. I may 

 mention that the vicinity of Cochabamba was the only dis- 

 trict in which these two species occurred to me." 



I have never seen the female of this species ; but Reichen- 

 bach describes it from an example in the Dresden Museum 

 as " above olive-grey brown, and below greyish white fringed 

 with yellowish." The question, however, is whether the bird 

 thus described is not the female of D. sittoides, which occurs 

 in the same country. 



8. DiGLOSSA MAJOR. 



Diglossa major, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 676, et Mus. 

 Hein. i. p. 98; Reich. Handb. d. Sp. Orn. p. 230, t. dli.d, 

 f. 4065 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomeucl. p. 15. 



Supra nigra, lineis in plumarum scapis et remigum rectri- 

 cumque marginibus obscure cseruleis : capitis lateribus 

 uigris ; subtiis dorso concolor sed dilutior : alarum mar- 

 ginibus intemis canis ; crisso rubro : rostro plumbeo, pe- 

 dibus corneis : long, tota 6*7, alee 3'4, caudse 3"2, rostri 

 a rictu "95. 

 Hub. Roraima Mountains, British Guiana, alt. 6000 feet. 

 [Schomb.). 

 Mus. Berol. et P. L. S. 



This, the largest and strongest of all the known species of 

 Diglossa, has, so far as I am aware, never been obtained ex- 

 cept by Schomburgk. The single specimen in my own col- 

 lection was received from the Berlin Museum in exchange. 



9. Diglossa lafresnayi. 



Uncirostrum lafresnayi, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 4. 



Diglossa lafresnayii, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 138, et Cat. 

 A. B. p. 49 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 97 ; Bp. Consp. p. 401 ; 

 Reich. Handb. p. 231, t. dliii. f. 3757; Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, 

 p. 274; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 15. 



Agrilorhinus bonapartii. Eraser, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 22. 



Diglossa intermedia. Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 97 ; Reich. Handb. 

 n. 231 (?). 



