158 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 2, 



Fam. CoTiNGiD^. 



8. Ptilochloris buckleyi, sp. nov. (Plate XVI.) 



Supra olivacea, alls intus fuscis ; suhtus flavissima {suhalaribus 

 concoloribus) nigro distincte squamata ; gula et ventre imo fere 

 itnmaculatis ; rostro nigricante corneo, mandibulcB basi albicante; 

 pedibus obscure plumbeis : long, tota 8, alee 4-1, caud(B 2-5, 

 rostri a rictu 1, tarsi 1. 



Eab. Pindo, Ecuador {Buckley). 



Mus. S.-G. 



Obs. P. squamafce ex Brasilia affiuis, sed capite summo olivaceo 

 nee nigro diversa. 



Mr. Buckley obtained a single female example of this species 

 together with two nestling birds. The latter are mostly in their 

 first plumage, the quill-feathers being only partially developed. The 

 plumage (see Plate XVI.) is most remarkable : the upper surface, 

 including the whole of the head, is of a cinnamon colour spotted 

 with black, each black spot on the head being tipped with white ; the 

 under surface is black, banded with narrow white bars. From the 

 top of the head proceed fine black filaments more than an inch long, 

 each tipped with white. 



The tip of the fourth primary in the female bird is -of the normal 

 width. It would therefore seem probable that the narrow point 

 to this feather observable in P. remigialis is only a characteristic of 

 the male sex of P. squamata, in which case Lafresnaye's title will 

 become a synonym of Prince Max. zu Wied's older name. 



Fam. DendrocolaptidjE. 



9. AUTOMOLUS DORSALIS, Sp. nOV. 



Supra pileo dorso toto et alls extus olivaceis riifo perfusis, plumis 

 in fundo cinereis ; superciliis elongatis ochraceis ; uropygio et 

 Cauda tota castaneis ; subtus ochraceus, medialiter clarior, 

 lateraliter in colorem dorsi transeuns ; gula fere albicante ; sub- 

 alaribus et remigum pogonioru7n interonrum marginibus internis 

 ochraceis; rostro sxiperiore corylino, inferiore albo, pedibus 

 pallide corylinis : long, tota 7, alee 3'8, catidce 3-2, rostri a 

 rictu 1, tarsi 0"9 ; caudee rectricibus acuminatis ; alls rotun- 

 datis, reniige quarto et quinto longissimis, 



Hab. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). 



Mus. S.-G., specimen unicum. 



Obs. Affinis A. pallidigulai-i et quoad colorem corporis inferi valde 

 similis, sed dorso saturate rufo diversus. 



Fam. FoRMiCARiiD^. 



10. DySITHAMNUS SUBPLUMBEUS, Sp. UOV. 



Dysithamnus plumbeus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 457, nee Max. 



Obscure plumbeus fere unicolor, subtus paulo dilutior ; alis caudaque 

 nigricantibus, illarum tectricibus omnibus maculis minutis albis 

 terminatis ; alarum pagina inferiore fuscescenti-cineracea ; rostro 



