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The specimen of this bird which I originally described was a 

 female. During a recent re-examination <>f the one Beries of these 

 birds in the British Museum, I detected tli«' male, which i-. black, 

 like its congeners, with the bend of 'I"' wing white, but wanting 



the white spot at the hase of the interscapularies. 



I. Pyriglena sehva. 



Pyriglena serva, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. <>(». 



$ . Atra : campterio <■/ tectriewn alarium marginibus t ton macula 



dorsi cehilu at bis. 

 2 . Olivascentucineracea, subtusferruginea. 

 Long, tota 5*5, alas '2-6, caudae 2*3. 

 I lab. Rio Napo. 

 Mus. Jard., P. L. S. 



. r t. PyRIGLKNA MACUL1CAUDIS, Sp. UOV. 



<? . Atra : campterio, tectricum alarium apiribus, macula dorsi 

 celata ct caudw rectricum apicibus albis : rostro et pedibus niyris. 



Long, tota 5*5, alas 2'7, caudse '2\>. 



Hub. Trinidad. 



Mus. P. L. S. 



I have two specimens of this apparently unnamed Pyriglena in my 

 own collection. It is distinguishable from the three preceding by 

 the white terminations of the tail-feathers. The hill is rather broader 

 and stouter than in the typical species. 



Genus VIII. IIeterocnemis. 



Holocnemis, Strickl. Ann. N. II. xiii. p. 415 (1844). 



Heterocnemu, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 146. 



Rostrum cylindricutn, elongatum, graciliusculum, dente apieaii fere 

 obsoleto : caudu brevis : tarsi elungati, ylabri, scutellis lit appa- 

 rentibus. 



Upon re-examination of Tardus bambla (" Le bambla de Cay- 

 enne," Buffon) and its allied species, which I have hitherto referred 

 to this genus, I have found a more natural position lor them among 

 the Pteroptochidce, with which they agree in the formation of the 

 aostrils. 



1 . II i:t i: aOC n E mis n i. \ i \ . 



Wall-creeper of Surinam, Edwards, Birds, pi. 346 {S). 

 si/in ruevia, <Jm. 8. X. i. p. 1 12. 



Fourmillier tacheti de Cayenne, Buff. Pi Bnl. 823. fig. 1(9). 

 Tardus lineatus, Gm. 8. N. i. 828. 

 Myioturdus lineatus, Menetr. Hon. p. 171. 

 Formicarius lineatus, Gray, Gen. i. p. 211. 

 Holocnemisflammatus, Strickl. Ann. N. II. xiii. p. 415. pi. 13 | 

 Holocnemis ruevia, Strickl. Coatr. Orn. 1849, p. 34. pL L8. Bgs. I 

 ( • ). 2| , i. 



Holocnemis lineata, Cab. Orn. Not. i. p. 21 I , Up. < ouap. p. 202. 



