1879.] BIRDS FROM ANTIOQUIA. 527 



collection. It must be placed amongst the " uniformes " of Sclater's 

 arrangement (Ibis, 1877) between G. griseinucha and G. rufula. 



264. Grallaria ruficapilla (Lafr.) ; Scl. Ibis, 1877, p. 447. 



Concordia, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Iris dark. Stomach contained insects. 



Eggs (no. Ill) greenish-blue: axis 1*23, diam. 1-04. (See Plate 

 XLIII. fig. 6.) 



" In the morning, and shortly before sunset, may he heard a 

 melancholy cry as this Ant-Thrush creeps amongst the brushwood. 

 Many times have I followed to obtain a specimen, and after a tough 

 scramble of an hour given it up for a bad job. At one time you 

 seem to stand right upon it, and a moment after you hear it 4 yards 

 on ; again you reach the spot, and you hear it 20 yards behind you; 

 you return, then it is on the right ; soon after you hear it on the 

 left. At first you imagine the bird has the power of a ventriloquist; 

 but by dint of patience and watching you may see it creeping swiftly 

 and silently among the grass and brushwood in places where it has 

 to pass a rather more open spot, and the mystery is explained. 



" The nest is also difficult to obtain : it is placed at some height 

 from the ground, and made of a mass of roots, dead leaves, and moss, 

 lined with roots and fibres. The eggs are two in number, rather 

 round and blue."— T. K. S. 



265. Grallaricula nana (Lafr.) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 76. 



Grallaria nana, Lafr. R. Z. 1842, p. 334. 

 Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) 



266. Grallaricula cucullata (Sclater), Scl. et Salv. No- 

 mencl. p. 76. 



Conopophaga cucullata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 29, pi. 119, et 

 1858, p. 287, et Cat. A. B. p. 194. 



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



Iris dark. Stomach contained insects. 



Eggs (no. 75) pale coffee-colour, spotted and blotched with dark 

 red-brown spots: axis *8, diam. - 65. 



This little bird does not range very satisfactorily either in Gral* 

 laricula or in Conopophaga, where it was first placed by Sclater, but 

 is best arranged in the former genus, being not very far in structure 

 from G. flavirostris. Mr. Salmon's specimens have the rufous head 

 and throat not nearly so decided as in Sclater's type (which is a 

 Bogota skin) ; and the tarsi are slightly longer. The rufous wing- 

 edgings and the red tint in the middle of the belly are likewise 

 absent in Mr. Salmon's specimen, which, though marked male, must, 

 we think, if really of the same species, be a female. The figure 

 (P. Z. S. 1856, pi. 119) is much too brightly coloured. 



