3%4l TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



blue in the middle, extending their whole length ; and the 

 quills are black, broadly edged with the same tint of blue ; the 

 lateral tail feathers are black, tipt with blue ; and the upper 

 and under tail covers entirely blue : the bill and feet seem 

 to be pure yellow ; the former tipt with black, I conclude 

 this may be the Sitta cteridea, slightly indicated in the Traite 

 (VOrn. ; a name I do not adopt, because blue is the prevalent 

 colour of the whole division. 



131. OxYURUs ornatus, 



Above^ brown ; beneath, white : greater wing covers 

 black, tipt with white : quills and tail black, varied with 

 rufous. Synallaocis Tupinieri ? Lesson, Voy. 29. 



Inhabits Chili. Mr. W. J. Hooker's Collection. 



Total length 5 inches ; bill, front § ; wings 2§ ; tail, beyond, 

 li ; ditto, base 2^ ; tarsus f. Middle of the head, crown, and 

 nape, black, bordered by a broad stripe of buff on each side, 

 which meet in front of the nostrils : lores black : the buff stripe 

 is bordered by another of deep black, which includes the ears, 

 and extends nearly down the sides of the neck : fore part of 

 the back brown, changing to bright rufous on the rump and 

 tail covers : wings black ; lesser covers tipt with dull buffj 

 the greater with a spot of pure white : spurious wings deep 

 black : greater quills with an oblique bar of rufous ; lesser 

 with another bar, much paler, more bufF-coloured, and nearer 

 to the tips : scapular covers edged with buff at their base : 

 tail black, with broad tips of rufous : scapular feathers near 

 the base of the wing brown, with a black border : under 

 plumage pure white from the throat to the breast, beyond which 

 it changes into fulvous, which is darkest on the under tail 

 covers. — Obs. The Sylvia spinkauda of Authors * seems to 

 be a second species of this genus, which is obviously between 

 Certhia and Dendrocolaptes. The feet perfectly resemble the 

 latter. 



132. FvRTsiARivs melanotis. 



Above, rufous ; beneath, whitish : crown and ears 

 blackish brown : first and second quiUs internally rufous, 

 crossed with three black bands : spurious wings and tail 

 rufous, unspotted : feet black. 



Inhabits the interior plains of Bahia, Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



General size and structure of F. leucopus, but rather 

 smaller. Above the eye and ears a broad fulvous white stripe, 

 which almost meet on the nape : secondary quills with a black 

 * Latham. Syn. pi. 52. I have just procured another species. 



