1873.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON PERUVIAN BIRDS. 781 



having been made upon the female, which is the type of Tschudi's 

 Tardus sen-anus. I have now seen examples of this representative 

 of T. merula from Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, 

 and Peru. 



2. Thryophilus fulvus, sp. nov. 



Terreno-brunneus, sive fulvus, unicolor : frontis et pilei antici 

 plumis erectis : superciliis latis indistinctis et gutture loto albes- 

 centibus : alis extics et cauda tola lineis nigris crebro transfasci- 

 atis : remlgibus intus nigricantibus, horurn margine interno et 

 subalaribus fulvis : rostro superiore corneo, inferiore flavicante, 

 pedibus cornels : long, tota 5'5, alee 2*1, caudce rectr. med. 2 - 3, 

 lat. 1*6, tarsi "92, rostri a rictu "85. 

 Hab. Peruvia alta, Huasampilla, ad alt. 10,000 ped. (Whitely). 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



One skin of this Wren was procured at Huasampilla in March 

 1872. It reminds one rather of Cinnicerthia unibrunnea, but 

 appears to belong to the open-nostrilled section of Wrens, which 

 Baird has called Thryophilus (Rev. A. B. p. 127), but is not very 

 like any of the other species. It may be distinguished by its uni- 

 form tint, the brown, pale, but ill-defined superciliary mark, and the 

 whitish throat. 



4. Troglodytes solstitialis, Sclater. 



Originally described from skins collected by Fraser in Ecuador. 

 I have since obtained Bogota specimens. Mr. Whitely's example 

 shows that it likewise ranges southwards into Peru. 



16. Cassicus chrysonotus, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. ii. p. 3 ; 

 D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 367, pi. hi. fig. 1- 



Cassiculus chrysonotus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 428. 



This is the first example that has come before my notice of this 

 most distinct species, easily recognizable by its uniform black plu- 

 mage and yellow rump. It is slightly crested, as is shown in 

 D'Orbigny's figure. 



19. OCHTHCECA RUFIPECTORALIS. 



Fluvicola rufipectoralis, Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 60 ; D'Orb. 

 Voy. Ois. p. 345, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2. 



Octho'eca rufipectoralis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 750. 



This southern representative of O. lessoni of Columbia and Ecuador 

 is readily distinguishable by the absence (or very indistinct presence) 

 of the buffy rufous margins to the wing-coverts and by the brighter 

 red of the breast, but is otherwise very similar. 



21. TODIROSTRUM PULCHELLTJM, Sp. nOV. 



Supra nigrum, uropygio flavicante: alarum tectricibus minoribus 

 luride castaneis, majoribus Jlavis, secundariorum marginibus ex- 

 ternis Jlavidis : subtus flavum, gutture albo, subalaribus flavidis : 

 cauda nigra, rectricis vnius utrinque exlimas pogonio externo flavi- 



