344: Birds from Central and South America. 



XXXV. — Characters of seven New Species of Birds from 

 Central and South America, with a Note on Thaumatias 

 chionurus, Gould. 



By Geo. N. Lawrence. 

 Eead June 25, 1866. 



i. Caiiipylorhynchus brevipenaiis, nov. S p. 



Entire upper part of head blackish -brown, on the hind neck a few 

 longitudinal stripes of pale rufous; back, wing coverts and tertiaries 

 dark hair brown, with large whitish spots tinged with dilute rufous, on 

 the back feathers and tertiaries the spots are roundish and in pairs, on 

 the larger wing coverts there is a spot near the base of each feather, and 

 another at the end running down the shaft ; the larger quills are also 

 dark brown with marginal oblong whitish spots; upper tail coverts dark 

 brown, with pale bars of a dull rufous white ; tail dark brown, the 

 feathers with conspicuous whitish spots on each margin, arranged in 

 pairs, there being about eight pairs on each of the longer feathers ; a 

 broad, nearly white, superciliary stripe extends from the nostrils to the 

 nape ; ear coverts dusky ; under plumage of a greyish-white, just tinged 

 with pale rufous on the abdomen, the breast marked with minute very 

 faint dusky spots and the sides with dusky bars; under tail coverts 

 very dilute rufous, with broad rather faint blackish bars; upper mandi- 

 ble brown with the edges pale, the under whitish, dusky near the tip ; 

 tarsi and toes light brownish flesh-color, claws yellowish. 



Length of skin 6 in.; wing 2^ ; tail 3 ; bill ^-; tarsi -|. 



Fourth and fifth quills equal and longest, the first one inch shorter 

 than the fourth ; tail graduated ; the outer feather nearly an inch 

 shorter than the central. 



Habitat. Venezuela. 



Type in Mas. Smithsonian Institution. 



