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lighter, more yellow ; the reddish spot on the crown paler and 

 more restricted ; it has a white, superciliary streak, and the 

 white of the throat is divided by black lines, neither of which 

 exists in the other ; the tail of B. brunneimichus is deep brown, 

 whereas in the present species the inner webs are olive green, 

 with the central feathers and the outer webs of the others, the 

 same color as the back. 



Fam. DENDROCOLAPTID^E. 

 2. Pliilydor riifobrunneus, nov. sp. 



Front, crown, and sides of the head dark olivaceous brown, fhe fea- 

 thers with somewhat lighter centres ; a greyish spot on the lores ; back 

 and wings reddish-brown, rump rather brighter, upper tail coverts dark 

 rufous brown ; tail deep cinnamon or dark brownish rufous ; quills 

 blackish brown, the outer webs the color of the back ; under lining of 

 wings bright cinnamon, inner margins of quills reddish salmon color ; 

 throat bright ferruginous, breast and abdomen brownish rufous, brighter 

 on the middle of the latter ; each feather of the breast with a light fer- 

 ruginous stripe down its centre ; sides like the back iu color ; under 

 tail coverts rufous ; bill black ; tarsi and toes blackish brown. 



Length 9 inches; wing 3f ; tail 3| ; bill f ; tarsi 1—. 



Habitat. — Costa Rica, San Jose. Collected by Dr, A. von 

 Frantzius. Mus. Smith. Inst., "Washington, D.C. 



3. Anabazenops liiieatus, nov. sp. 



Female. Entire upper plumage dull rufous brown ; upper tail coverts 

 deep bright rufous, tail dark brownish rufous ; inner webs of quills 

 blackish brown ; chin and upper part of throat pale fawn color ; under 

 plumage dull rufous brown, lighter than above, and paler on the abdo- 

 men ; the feathers of the crown, sides of the head, hind neck, upper 

 part of the back and breast are marked down their centres with narrow 

 lines of a pale ochreous or fawn color ; these lines also exist on the 

 abdomen, becoming paler as they descend, until on the lower part they 



