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5. CONOPOPHAGA CASTANEICEPS. 



Conopophaga ardesiaca, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 1 79 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 145. 



Conopophaga castaneiceps, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 47- 



Supra brunnescenti-olivacea, pileo castaneo , frontem versus latiore : 

 capitis lateribus et gula nigricanti-cinereis plumarum penicilla 

 postoculari alba : subtus cinerea, abdomine medio albescentiore, 

 lateribus olivaceo indutis : rostro superiore nigro, inferiore flavo : 

 pedibus brunneis. 



Long, tota 4*4, alse 2 - 9, caudse 2*7. 



Hab. New Granada, Bogota ; Eastern Peru (Tsch.). 



Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



6. Conopophaga peruviana. 



Conopophaga peruviana, DesMurs, Voy. Casteln. Ois. p. 50. pi. 16. 

 fig. 1. 



Olivaceo-brunnea, dorsi pennis nigro marginatis ; tectricum alarium 

 apicibus dare fulvis ; pileo castaneo, penicilla postoculari alba : 

 subtus plumbea, gutture medio et ventre medio albescentibus ; 

 hypochondriis et crisso rufescentibus. 

 Long, tota 4*5, alse 2*5, caudse 1*3, tarsi l'O. 

 Hab. Upper Amazon, Pebas and Nauta (Cast, et Dev.) ; Ecua- 

 dor, Rio Napo. 



Mus. Paris., P. L. S. 



I think that this is an immature bird, perhaps the young of C. 

 ardesiaca. 



7. Conopophaga ardesiaca. 



Conopophaga ardesiaca, D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. in Mag. de Zool. 

 1837; D'Orb. Voy. p. 188. 



Fusco-olivacea, fronte et corpore subtus ardesiaceis, penicilla post- 

 oculari alba : abdomine medio albicante, hypochondriis parum 

 olivascentibus. 



Long, tota 5*0, alse 2*8, caudee 1*8, tarsi 1*2. 



Distinguishable from C. castaneiceps by the cinereous front, and 

 by the head being of the same brown olive as the back. 



Hab. Bolivia (D'Orb.). 



Mus. Paris., P. L. S. 



b. Fasciculo postoculari nullo. 



8. Conopophaga melanops. 



Platyrhynchus melanops, Vieill. Diet. d'H. N. xxvii. p. 14 ; Enc. 

 Me'th. p. 837 ; Puch. Arch. Mus. Par. vii. p. 359. 



Myiothera perspicillata, Licht. Doubl. p. 43. 



Myioturdus perspicillatus, Max, Beitr. iii. p. 1042. 



Conopophaga perspicillata, Cab. Orn. Not. p. 215; Bp. Consp. 

 }>. 203 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 54. 



