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pi. 6*. f. 1, ex Bolivia, Cayenna et ins. Trinitatis. (3.) nigrifrons, 

 Gould, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 68, ex Nov. Grenada et fl. Amazon. (4.) 

 moniliger, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 294, ex Mexico. (5.) tri- 

 vittatus. (6.) erythropterus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 69. 

 (7.) nigromaculatus (Lafr. et d'Orb.), Voy. d. l'Am. Me'r. pi. 6*. 

 f. 2, ex Bolivia et fl. Amazon, sup. 



The last three birds have the space round the eyes more or less 

 denuded, and would form the subgenus Phlegopsis, Reichb., of which, 

 I believe, F. nigromaculatus is the type. In that very peculiar 

 member of this family Pyriglena nudiceps (Myiothera nudiceps, 

 Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. v. p. 106. pi. 6), this formation is developed 

 to a still greater extent, the whole top of the head being naked. 



2. CONOPOPHAGA CASTANEICEPS. 



Conopophaga ardesiaca, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 179, et Sclater in 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 145, nee Lafr. et d'Orb. 



Supra olivascenti-brunnea ; pileo castaneo, frontem versus Icetiore : 

 lateribus capitis et gula nigricanti-cinereis : penicilla post- 

 oculari alba : subtus cinerea, abdomine medio albescentiore : 

 lateribus olivaceo indutis : mandibula superiore nigra, inferiore 

 fiava, pedibus brunneis. 



Long, tota 4*4, alae 2*9, caudse 2*7. 



Hab. In Nova Grenada, Bogota et in Peruvia Orientali(T r 5cA.). 



Mm. Brit, et P. L. S. ' 



This is a typical Conopophaga, with the characteristic white pencil 

 of feathers on the sides of the head. Trusting to Tschudi's identifi- 

 cation of a specimen collected by him, which is now in my collection, 

 I had considered it to be d'Orbigny's C. ardesiaca. But upon exa- 

 mining the type of that species in the French National Collection I 

 found such was not the case. That bird does not possess the chest- 

 nut-brown cap or darker cinereous colour of the throat belonging to 

 the present species, but is more uniform in its colouring both above 

 and below. 



There is a specimen of this bird in the British Museum from Bo- 

 gota. 



M. O. des Murs, in the Ornithology of the Voyage of Castelnau 

 and Deville, has described and figured another Conopophaga, some- 

 what resembling the present C. peruviana, pi. 16. f. 1. But this 

 bird has spots upon the wings and a varied back. 



3. Hypocnemis elegans. 



Hypocnemis ?, Sclater, P. Z, S. 1855, p. 147. 



I have lately seen other specimens of this bird, and have one in 

 my own collection — a Bogota skin. Though closely allied to H. me- 

 lanosticta, I cannot consider it otherwise than specifically distinct, 

 and therefore propose a name for it : I have already given its cha- 

 racters in these Proceedings for 1855- 



