Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Genus Grallaria. 447 



Peruvian skins of this species from Cachupata {Whitely) 

 are rather duller above, and show less of the paler colour of 

 the abdomen ; but I cannot undertake to separate them from 

 the Columbian form. 



Prom the skin of an immature bird (from Bogota) in my 

 collection the young plumage of this species would appear 

 to be of a blackish grey, with long white shaft- spots. 



Sect. D. Grallaria PLAMMULATiE. 



19. Grallaria ruficapilla. 



Grallaria ruficapilla, Lafr. E,ev. Zool. 1842, p. 333; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 145, 1857, p. 18, et 1858, p. 282, et Cat. A. 

 B. p. 192; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 781, et Nom. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 75. 



Hypsihemon ruficapillus, Cab. Orn. Not. i. p. 217; Bp. 

 Consp. p. 204. 



Olivaceo-brunnea, pileo toto et lateribus capitis castaneo-rufis : 

 subtus alba, pectore et lateribus nigricanti-brunneo 

 flammulatis ; subalaribus pallide rufis : long, tota 8*0, 

 alae 4*0, caudse 2*0, tarsi 1*9. 



Hab. Venezuela, Columbia et ^Equatoria. 



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



This fine and well-marked species has a wide distribution. 

 Goering obtained it in the wood-region of Merida, Sal- 

 mon in Antioquia, and Buckley more recently in Ecuador. 

 It is also not uncommon in collections from Bogota and 

 Quito. There is no apparent difference in skins from these 

 several localities. 



A nestling of this species [Mus. S.-G.) is of a nearly uni- 

 form pale fulvous, crossed above and on the chest with nu- 

 merous transverse bars ; throat and lower belly white ; wings 

 and tail olivaceous. It is a most singular-looking bird. 



20. Grallaria brevicauda. 



Le Beffroi de Cayenne, BuflP. PI. Enl. 706. fig. 1. 



Formicarius brevicauda, Bodd. Table d. PI. Enl. p. 44. 



Tardus tinniens, Gm. S. N. i. p. 827. 



Grallaria tinniens, Bp. Consp. p. 204; Burm. Syst. Ueb. 

 iii. p. 51; Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 334; Tsch. Faun. Per. 

 p. 182. 



