Mexico, Central America, a7id South America. 3 



3. Cistothoriis aBqitatoriali!$. 



Male. Upi^er plumage brownish rufous, brightest on the i-ump ; 

 the feathers of the crown and hind neck have their centres mai'ked 

 with paler, nearly obsolete stripes ; a stripe of pale rufous extends 

 from over the eye to the hind neck, sides of the head and neck clear 

 light rufous ; a narrow dark brown line runs from the angle of the 

 mouth under the eye ; the interscapular feathers are blackish-brown, 

 with conspicuous shaft stripes of pale fulvous ; tail light rufous, with 

 transverse narrow bars of black, on the central feathers there are 

 thirteen bars, on the othei'S they are broader and wider apart ; quills 

 dark umber-brown, the oviter primaries narrowly margined with 

 white, the outer webs of the smaller quills and the wing coverts are 

 light rufous, more or less transversely marked with blackish-brown ; 

 the under surface is pale rufous, whitish on the throat and middle of 

 the abdomen, bi-ighter on the flanks and under tail coverts ; under 

 Aving coverts whitish ; upper mandible light-brown, tlie under jjale 

 yellowish- white, dusky at the tip ; tarsi and toes yellowish-white. 



Length (skin) about 4|- in. ; wing If; tail 1-|; bill y^g- ; tarsi f, 



Ilaljitat. Pichincha, Ecuador. Type in the Museum of 

 Vassar College, from the collection of Prof. J. Orton. 



Heriiarks. This species seems of a somewhat stouter form 

 than C. stellaris, with longer tarsi and bill ; the colors are 

 lighter and more rufous ; it may be distinguished by the absence 

 of dark brown on the crown, and its clear rufous uropygium ; 

 the tail also is rufous, with narrower and more numerous bands. 



S. Trog-lodytes insnlaris, Baird, MS. 



Male. Plumage above of a dull light brown, slightly rufescent, and 

 crossed with narrow faint dusky bars, front paler, the feathers of the 

 crown have lighter margins ; the concealed feathers of the rump end 

 with white ; lores, a narrow line over the eye, sides of the head, and 

 the entire under-plumage of a clear pale fulvous, the under--tail cov- 

 erts with dusky bars ; tail light brown, crossed with numerous dark 

 brown bars, on the outer feathers the interspaces are whitish ; the pri- 

 mary and secondary quills have their inner webs dark liver-brown, the 

 outer webs are light brown with whitish indentations, tertiaries light 



