278 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 4, 



called ' Pajaro bobaV by the Peruvians. It is very compactly 

 made, and is placed in a forked branch of the same tree, low down, 

 near the ground, and so much resembles the place of its conceal- 

 ment that it is very difficult to discover. The eggs are four in 

 number, of a pale cream-white colour, with a few brown spots at 

 the large end." — E. B. 



4. Todirostrum maculatum (Desm.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1866, p. 187; 1867, p. 978. 



"Nauta and Upper Ucayali. This bird seems to be very local. 

 I never met with it again after I left these localities." — E. B. 

 Pebas (Hauxw.). 



5. Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum (Strickl.) ; Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187. 



Very local ; only two specimens obtained near Sarayacu (E. B.). 



6. Euscarthmtjs spicifer (Lafr.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 187; 1867, p. 751. 



" Lower Ucayali, Xeberos, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros. Always 

 found in company with several other species of this family." — 

 E. B. 



7. Serpophaga hypoleuca, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 188. 



" Upper Ucayali, near Sarayacu. Never seen after leaving this 

 locality."— E. B. 



8. Stigmatura budytoides (Lafr. et D'Orb.) ; Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 188. 



Upper and Lower Ucayali ; two examples only obtained (E. B.). 



9. Mionectes oleagineus (Licht.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 188; 1867, pp. 751, 978. 



Upper Ucayali, Xeberos, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros, rather 

 plentiful in these localities (E.B.); Pebas (Hauxw.). 



10. Leptopogon peruvianus ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 757. 



Chyavetas, only one specimen (E. B.). 



1 1. Leptopogon amatjrocephala, Cab. ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1866, p. 567. 



Nauta (E.B.). 



12. Ornithion pusillum (Cab.). 



Myiopatis pusilla, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 58. 

 Camptosloma flaviventre, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 358 ; 

 1866, p. 188. 



Upper Ucayali (E.B.). 



Mr. Salvin and I have lately come (o the conclusion that mv 



