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the two central pairs with an oblong white spot near their middle on 

 the inner web, increasing in size from within outward; outer rectrices 

 with slight white inner margins at their tips; under parts light 

 neutral gray, fading to nearly white on the middle of the abdomen, 

 and washed with dull buffy brownish, especially on the flanks ; under 

 tail-coverts rich chestnut; "iris brown; feet black, bill yellowish flesh- 

 color, the tip black." 



Immature male similar, but upper parts, secondaries, etc., much more 

 suffused with brown, the streaks everywhere much heavier, and with 

 remains of dusky streaks on the breast and sides. The juvenal plu- 

 mage resembles that of the immature male, but the dusky streaks above 

 are still more distinct, especially on the pileum and nape; the entire 

 under parts are streaked with dusky on a dull buffy ground ; the chest- 

 nut crissum is barely indicated ; and the white spot on the outer rec- 

 trices extends to the tips of the feathers. 



The adult female is as described by Mr. Bangs in the original notice 

 of this form : wood brown above, below paler, everywhere streaked 

 with dusky, the wings and tail as in the immature male. 



Measurements. 

 Locality. Wing. 



Paramo de Chiruqua 70 



Macotama 69 



La Mar, Cundinamarca 64 



(Type of Catamenia analoides 

 schistaceifrons Chapman.) 



45 ! 3° 2 c? i m - Taquina 67 



45252 2 g j uv . Macotama 66 



6248* $ Paramo de Chiruqua (Type) ... 66 

 130595 3 $ Suba, Bogota 61 



Through the courtesy of Mr. Bangs the type of this species has been 

 forwarded for examination. It is certainly a very peculiar bird, the 

 bill being very short and deep, the culmen, gonys, commissure (dis- 

 tally) and lateral outlines all being nearly straight, with the maxilla 

 equal in depth to the mandible, and the exposed culmen very little 



1 Collection Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



2 Collection Carnegie Museum. 



3 Collection American Museum of Natural History. 



4 Collection E. A. and O. Bangs. 



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