Ornithologists' Club. 293 



Inner aspect of wings blackish brown. Wing 44-46 mm,, 

 tail 47, bill 20, tarsus 28. 



Cachabi, North Ecuador, 500 feet high. Named in honour 

 of Count Berlepsch, the eminent specialist in South- American 

 birds. 



This species differs from P. ater chiefly in its considerably 

 smaller size, while P. picea has, besides a much larger-sized 

 toe, the inner wing-lining whitish. 



Thamnophilus cachabiensis, sp. n. 



Above black without any gloss, somewhat more slaty on 

 the crown. Most of the wing-coverts with small white tijjs. 

 Below slaty black ; feathers of the chin, throat, breast, and a 

 few along the middle of the abdomen with white tips. Wing 

 from below brownish black. Bill and feet black. Wing 

 67 mm., tail (rather abraded) about 46, tarsus 26. 



Cachabi, North Ecuador, 500 feet. 



The two skins before me are both marked " ? ," which 

 may possibly be correct, as in T. punctatus, the nearest 

 known ally to T. cachabiensis, though widely different, the 

 sexes are both black and very much alike. 



AUTOMOLUS NIGRICAUDA, Sp. U. 



(^ . Above dark brown, somewhat more rufous brown on 

 the crown of the head. Wings deep brown, inner webs with 

 rufous edges. Bebind the eyes a clearly indicated rufous 

 superciliary line. Ear-coverts dark brown. Throat rufous, 

 lighter on the chin. Best of under surface brown; flanks 

 and under tail-coverts deeper brown. Under wing-coverts 

 dark rufous. Tail from above black, with a slaty tinge, 

 blackish brown below, this latter character distinguishing 

 this species from all its allies, which have a reddish tail. 

 Wing 90 mm., tail 72, bill 24, tarsus 28. 



Cachabi, North Ecuador, 500 feet. 



POLIOPTILA SCHISTACEIGULA, Sp. U. 



cJ . Above slaty grey ; crown of head a little darker. 

 Wings slaty black. Tail black ; some of the outer rectrices 

 with narrow white tips, the extent of which cannot be exactly 

 seen, as the tail-feathers are a little abraded. Chin-feathers 



