'if [Vol. xxxvi. 



Loc. North of Quito, Ecaador, 11,000 feet, Nov. 1914— 

 collected by W. Goodfellow. 



Pyriglena castanopterus, sp. n. 



Adult female. Head, sides of the face, throat, abdomen, 

 tail, and under tail-coverts black, inclining to brown on the 

 sides of the body and flanks ; mantle, back, and wings 

 dark chestnut-brown, with white bases to the feathers on 

 the mantle. "Bill and feet black; iris brown" {W. 

 Goodfellow^ 



Total length 159 mm., culmen 18, wing 76, tail 7Q, 

 tarsus 29. 



Loc. Braza, East Ecuador, 6000 feet, April 1914 — 

 collected by W. Goodfellow. 



G-rallaria nuchalis ohsoleta, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to G. nuchalis Sclater, but differs 

 from the type of that species, from Bio Napo, in being 

 olive-brown above, instead of rust-brown, with the nuchal 

 collar more indistinct, the crown of the head darker, the 

 primary quills inclining to olive, instead of rufous, and 

 the entire under surface dark slate-colour, instead of dusky 

 brown with a tinge of ashy on the abdomen. " Bill black ; 

 feet dark brown ; iris dark ruby-red" {W. Goodfellow). 



Total length 180 mm., culmen 27, wing 118, tail 61, 

 tarsus 58. 



Loc. West side of Pichincha, Ecuador, 12,000 feet, Nov. 

 1914— collected by W. Goodfellow. 



Automolus brooki, sp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to A. rufohrunneus (Lawr.) on the 

 upper surface, but easily distinguished by the pale shaft- 

 streaks to the feathers on the top of the head, nape, and 

 sides of the face. The under surface is quite diff"erent from 

 the allied form — the throat being buffy- white with dark 

 edges to the feathers, the breast olive-brown becoming 

 fulvous on the middle of the abdomen, the sides of the 

 body and flanks chestnut-brown, and the under tail-coverts 

 deep chestnut-red. " Bill dark slate-colour ; feet dark 

 brown ; iris dark brown " {W. Goodfellow).. 



