Lord Tvveeddale on Pellorneum tickelli^ Blyth. 451 



The two type specimens of this species are the only ex- 

 amples I have yet seen. They were collected by Arce in 

 1864^ at Tucurriqni, on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica. 

 The species is included by Mr. Lawrence in a list of birds 

 obtained near Grey town. 



This Grallaria is nearest to G. fulviventris, but is greyer on 

 the backj has the outer margins of the primaries rufous and 

 the lores fulvous^ instead of white. 



27. Grallaria ochroleuca. 



Myioturdus ochroleucus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1032; Menetr. 

 Mon. p. 464. 



Grallaria ochroleuca, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858^ p. 282 ; Pelzeln, 

 Orn. Bras, p. 91 ; Scl. et Salv. Nom. Av. Neotr. p. 7Q. 

 Similis G. macularicB, sed rostro multo angustiore et magis 

 compresso, maculis externis tectricum nullis ; maculis 

 solum in lateribus pectoris et ventris, et his minoribus et 

 rotundis ; ungue postico gracili, elongato ; oculorum am- 

 bitu nudo : long, tota 5"5, alae 3"0_, caudse 1"5, tarsi 1"4. 

 Hab. Prov. Bahia, Brazil [Max.); S. Paulo [Natt.). 

 Some years ago I took the above notes from an example 

 of this species in the Ley den Museum. I have never yet been 

 able to obtain one for my own collection, nor have I seen 

 the species elsewhere. 



XXXIX.— iVo/e on the Pellorneum tickelli of Blyth. By 

 Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, M.B.O.U. 

 (Plates X., XI.) 

 Since I addressed a letter relating to this species to the Editors 

 of 'The Ibis' on the 26th of April [v.s., p. 385), I have 

 received from Tenasserim specimens of true Pellorneum tickelli, 

 obtained at Meetan by Mr. Limborg. These have been com- 

 pared by Lieut. -Col. Godwin- Austen with Blyth's types, still 

 extant in the Calcutta Museum, and identified by him as 

 belonging to Blyth's species. These examples enable me to 

 state that Blyth's identification of P. tickelli with P. sub- 

 ochraceum, Swinhoe (B. of Burma, no. 359), is erroneous. 

 I am unable even to class P. tickelli under the genus Pellor- 



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