524 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [June 3, 



far south. The single skin in Mr. Salmon's seventh collection (Mus. 

 P. L. S.) cannot be separated, although the spots on the lower sur- 

 face are not quite so distinctly rounded. 



239. Picolaptes lacrymiger (Lafr.) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 1G6. 

 Medellin, Sta. Elena, Envigado, Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Stomach contained insects. 



Eggs (no. 63) white : axis 105, diam. '85. 



240. Picolaptes albo-lineatus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, 

 p. 2/8; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 167. 



Remedios, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) 

 Mr. Salmon's skin agrees with Bogota and Venezuelan specimens 

 which we refer to this species. 



241. Xiphorhynchus trochilirostris (Licht.) ; Scl. Cat. A. 

 B. p. 167. 



Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Iris dark. 



Eggs (no. 156) white, nearly round : axis 1, diam. "84. 



"The only nest I saw was inside a decayed tree, which had been 

 cut off about three feet from the ground, and become hollow to the 

 roots, so that the nest had no protection from the rain." — T. K. S. 



242. Xiphorhynchus pusillus, Scl.; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 193. 



Concordia. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Fam. Formicariid.e. 



243. Cymbilanius lineatus (Vieill.) ; Scl. Cat. p. J 70. 

 Remedios and Neche. 



Iris red. Stomach contained insects. 



244. Thamnophilus transandeanus, Scl. Cat. p. 172. 

 Remedios, Neche. (Mus. S.-G. and P. L. S.) 



Iris red. 



245. Thamnophilus n^evius (6m.) ; Scl. Cat. p. 173. 



Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Iris white. 



246. Thamnophilus doliatus (Linn.) ; Scl. Cat. p. 173. 

 Examples of this widely diffused species were iD Mr. Salmon's 



fifth collection. 



247. Thamnophilus multistriatus, Lafr. ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 175. 



Concordia, Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Iris white. Food, insects. Nest hanging from trees. 

 Eggs (no. 31) whitish, thickly spotted and streaked at the larger 

 end with red-brown: axis 1, diam. # 65. 



