256 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVINT ON [Mar. 4, 



as Mr. Lawrence's description agrees with specimens of it obtained 

 by Mr. Bartlett. 



"Not so common as T. phceopygus: resorts to low boggy places 

 near water." — E. B. 



4. Turdus letjcomelas, Vieill. 



Turdus amaurochalinus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 177 ; 1867, 

 p. 749. 



T. leucomelas, Scl. & Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 143, tab. 72. 

 Lower Ucayali, Xeberos (Bartlett). 



Fam. Sylviid^e. 

 Polioptila buffoni, Scl. : Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 177. 



Sarayacu (Bartlett). 



"Three specimens only obtained." — E. B. 



Fam. TroglodytidjE. 



Eight Wrens were obtained by Mr. Bartlett in Eastern Peru. 

 Five of these are wide-ranging species, two only being peculiar to 

 Upper Amazonia (Cyphorinus modulator and Microcerculus mar- 

 ginatus), while the last (Campylorhynchus hypostictus) occurs also 

 in Bogota collections. 



1. Donacobius atricapilltjs (Linn.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 178. 



Nauta and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). 



" In tall grasses and canebrakes on the banks of rivers and lakes : 

 always to be heard, but seldom seen." — E. B. 



2. Campylorhynchus hypostictus, Gould, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 68; 

 Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 178. 



Campylorhynchus striaticollis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 272, 

 et Cat. A. B. p. 16. 



Cashiboya, Nauta, and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). 



" Keeps to the tops of the trees,- and at intervals sends forth its 

 loud harsh notes." — E. B. 



A recent comparison of my C. striaticollis (from Bogota col- 

 lections) with the specimens of C. hypostictus obtained by Mr. 

 Bartlett has convinced me of their identity. — P. L. S. 



3. Cyphorhinus modulator (D'Orb.); Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 



1867, p. 749. 



Chyavetas, "Yurimaguas, Chamicuros, and Santa Cruz (Bartlett). 



" The Flute- or Organ-bird of the Peruvians has a most wonderful 

 song, and well deserves its name. Its nest is composed of sticks 

 loosely laid together, and placed about five feet from the ground. 

 The eggs are of a yellowish white." — E. B. 



Cyphorhinus thoracicus of Tschudi, included as a synonym of this 



