Mexico, Central America, and South Amei^ica. 3 



9. Cistotlioriis aequatorialis. 



Male. Upper plumage brownisli rufous, brightest on the rump ; 

 the feathers of the crown and hind neck have their centres marked 

 with j^aler, 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 others they are broader and wider apart ; quills 

 dark umber-brown, the outer 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 j)ale rufous, whitish on the throat and middle of 

 the abdomen, brighter on the flanks and under tail coverts ; under 

 wing coverts whitish ; upper mandible light-brown, the vmder pale 

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



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



Habitat. Fichincha, Ecuador. Type in the Museum of 

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



Hernarks. 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. 



3. Trog^lodytes m§nlai*i$, 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 



