279 



2. Cham.eza olivacea. 



Chamceza olivacea, Tach. Cousp. Av. in Wicgni. Arch. 1S4 7, )>• 

 279; Tsch. F. P. p. 178. 



Grallaria olivacea, Gray, Gen. i. p. 213. 

 Chomcezosa olivacea, Cab. Urn. Not. p. 218. 



Similis speciei prcecedenti, serf pileo dorso concolore, colore sub/ us 

 mar/is albo et plumarum ma rginibus invito latiuriftun ; Cauda 

 breviore. 



Long, tota 7*5, alae 3*6, caudae 2*5, tarsi 1*4. 



Hab. Eastern Peru ; New Granada, Bogota ; Venezuela, Ca- 

 raccas. 



I have seen Tschudi's type of Chamceza olivacea, which is hut 

 slightly different from C. brevicauda. The characters above arc 

 taken from a Venezuelan specimen in my own collection, which I 

 think is probably the same as Tschudi's bird. 



3. Cham.bza nobilis. 



Chamceza nobilis, Gould, Ann. N. H. ser. 2. xv. p. 34 1 ; P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 68. 



Supra ciyinamomeo-brunaea : subtus alba; pectoris, ventris et 

 laterum pin mis utrinqve nigro marginatis, tanquam squamatis ; 

 gutture et abdomine medio albis ; caudce apice albo, vitta sub- 

 apical / nigra. 



Long, tota 9*0, alas 4*3, camhe 2*5, tarsi 1*5. 



Hab. Eastern Peru, Chamicurros on the Huallaga (Haiwivell) ; 

 S. Maria on the Ucayali (Cast, et Dec). 



Mus. Brit., Paris. 



4. Cham.eza mollissima. 



Chamceza mollissima, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 89, pi. !)(i et p. 115 ; 

 List Bog. B. p. 17. 



Supra brwmeo^castanea, remigibus rectrieiiusgue inttu nigrican- 



tibus ; eapitU hitcribns ft corpore totOSUbtttS nigrtt, albo c<i/t- 

 fertim transvittatis. 

 Long, tota 5" 75, alas 3*2, caudae _'.">. 

 Hub. New Granada, Bogota. 

 1///.*. Brit., Paris. 



Genus VIII. Grallaria. 



Grallaria, Vieill. 1816 j Analyse, p. 43 (1816). 

 Myiotvrdus, Boie, Isis, 182(5. 

 Myiolrichas, Boie*, Isis, 1831. 

 Colobathris, Cab. Orn. Not. p. 216 (1847). 

 Hypsibeman, Cab. Orn. Not. p. 217 (1817). 

 Rostrum validutn, medics elongatvm, compression, culmitu wtultitm 

 incurve • ala breves, remigibus qusrto guinto et sexto longissimis 



