Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Genus Grallaria. 439 



examples of every species except Grallaria gigantea, G. varia, 

 G. modesta, and G. ochroleuca. 



In his Kst of Grallaria, published in 1842 (Rev. Zool. 

 1842, p. 333) J Lafresnaye was able to include only nine 

 species of this genus. In the *^ Nomenclator ■' (1873) Mr. 

 Salvin and I gave twenty. 



Sect. A. Grallari^e squamiger^. 



1. Grallaria squamigera. 



Grallaria squamigera, Prev. Voy. Venus, Ois. pi. 1 ; Lafr. 

 Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 333 ; Bp. Consp. p. 204 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 145, et 1858, p. 280, et Cat. A. B. p. 192; Scl. 

 et Salv. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 678, 1875, p. 235, et Norn. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 75. 



Myiotrichas squamigera. Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 6. 

 Colobathris squamigera, Cab. Orn. Not. i. p. 217. 

 Suprk cineracea, olivaceo in alis tincta, remigibus et rectri- 

 cibus fuscescentibus ; loris et corpore toto subtus cum 

 subalaribus saturate fulvo-rufis, prsecipue in gutture et 

 in pectore fasciolis nigris irregulariter aspersis ; ventre 

 medio et crisso immaculatis ; rostri mandibula inferiore 

 ad basin pallida ; pedibus clare corylinis : long. tota9'5, 

 alee 5*8, caudse 2*4, tarsi 2*4. 

 Hah. Venezuela, Columbia, ^quatoria, Peruvia et Bolivia. 

 Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



The series of nine specimens of this bird in the collections 

 above named presents no great amount of variation. In two 

 skins, collected by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, the throat is 

 nearly white ; but I observe a tendency to this in other ex- 

 amples from different localities, and one of the same collector's 

 specimens from Yungas, Bolivia, agrees in every way with 

 typical examples from Columbia. Mr. Goering obtained this 

 species in the Sierra Nevada of Merida ; so that it appears to 

 extend throughout the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. 



2. Grallaria gigantea. 



Grallaria gigantea, Lawr. Ann. L.N. H. New York, viii. 

 p. 346 (1866) . 



Supra saturate brunnea, nucha cineracea; loris et corpore 

 subtiis cum subalaribus fulvo-rufis, fasciis transversis 



