398 Description of Six supposed 



Under the circumstances, I concluded not to delay its pub- 

 lication any longer, as Prof. Sumichrast's description taken 

 from the bird is very minute. 



At some future time I hope to receive specimens and give 

 descriptions of the female and young, and on examination 

 should the male differ from the description given, in any im- 

 portant particular, to make it known. 



It seems quite unlike any of the allied species in the hand- 

 some group to which it belongs. 



Prof. Sumichrast says, this pretty species equals, if it 

 does not surpass, by the elegance of its plumage, its con- 

 fjeners O. ciris and O. leclanchert. 



In a letter dated Nov., 1873, he writes, alluding to the 

 specimens forwarded (wliich he supposed I must have re- 

 ceived), that the species seemed very rare, as he had pro- 

 cured no more examples. 



41. TlBi'iiSiidectes virgraticejjs. 



Front, crown, cheeks and hind neck blackish brown, the feathers of all 

 these parts with broad shaft stripes, those of the crown and hind neck 

 grayish-whitCj the others of a pale rufous ; upper part of the back dull, 

 reddish-brown, the lower part of the back and rump deep bright cinna- 

 mon; tail brownish cinnamon; wing coverts and outer webs of quills 

 also cinnamon-brown, but of not so deep a color as the tail; the inner 

 webs of the quill feathers are dark brown, with their inner margins 

 broadly marked with pale cinnamon ; under wing coverts bright cin- 

 namon; the feathers of the chin and upper part of the throat are red- 

 dish fulvous, with brownish-black margins ; the under plumage is of a 

 rather dull cinnamon red, brownish on the lower part of the neck; bill 

 black, tarsi and toes dark brown. Length (skin) 8^ in. ; wing 4J ; tail 4 ; 

 bill 1; tarsi 1 3-16. 



Habitat.^- Ecuador, Quito. 



Remarks. — This I consider to be a second species of Thri- 

 padectes, T. flamynulaius (Eyton) having been the sole rep- 

 resentative of the genus heretofore. It is about the size of 

 that species, perhaps rather stouter in form, the bill very 

 decidedly longer and larger ; the very distinct flammulations 



