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mixed with dull rufous; the tail is of a rich bronzed olive, with the 

 bases of the feathers under the coverts, and the inner margins of 

 the inner webs, nearly to their ends, cinnamon ; wings bronzed 

 olive brown, the primaries purplish at their ends, the outer web of 

 the first primary and the under wing coverts cinnamon ; upper 

 part of throat, sides of the head and of the throat brown ; lores 

 and a narrow line over the eye dull cinnamon ; neck in front 

 and upper part of breast rather light cinnamon ; breast and 

 abdomen dark brown, the elongated feathers on the former ending 

 with light cinnamon, the abdomen is intermixed with dull cinna- 

 mon ; under tail coverts pale cinnamon ; bill black, with the base of 

 the under mandible yellowish ; feet blackish brown, the soles pale 

 yellow. 



Length 4| in. ; wing Z\ ; tail 2 T \ ; bill }|. 

 Habitat. — Peru. 



Type specimen in Mus. Smith. Institution, ~No. 39,931. 



Two specimens examined were in a collection of birds made 

 in Peru, by Walter S. Church, Esq., of New York, and pre- 

 sented to the Smith. Inst. One was obtained at Matara, De- 

 partment of Ayacucha, the other at Moyabamba, Department 

 of Cuzco. 



Remarks. — This does not appear to resemble closely any 

 others of the genus ; the brilliant colors on the rump are much 

 the same as in A. cttjpreipennis and A. cequatorialis, but darker, 

 the only cinnamon color at all conspicuous, is a patch on the 

 neck in front, whereas cupreipennis and cequatorialis, also _£>«/'- 

 vula and caumatomata, have the entire under surface bright cin- 

 namon ; it likewise differs from all these in the color of the 

 tail, in which no cinnamon shows, except just at the base and 

 on the inner edges of the feathers for three-quarters their 

 length, while in the species above named, the whole of the 

 inner webs of the tail-feathers (except the two central) are of 

 this color ; the other two members of this genus, A. Pamela 

 and A. Castehiaudi, have the body brownish black, with the 



