388 Ant. Reiche now und Herman Schalow; 



' 265. Xiphocolaptes compressirostris. 



L. Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1882. p. 28. 



X. promero'pirhynclms'^ Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879. p. 231. 



X. promeropirhyncJio simillimus, sed fostro breviore, compres- 

 siore et pallido ; striis fulvis pilei et colli postici strictioribus ; dorso 

 unicolori ; gula fulva, binis vittis brunneis longitudinalibus ; abdomine 

 medio latissime ochraceo, nigro maculato; striis pectoralibus lineis 

 nigricantibus marginatis; subcaudalibus brunneo-ferrugineis , nigro 

 variis ; alis caudaque obscurioribus. 



Lg. 342 mm.; al. 143; caud. 135; rostr. 51; tars. 31. 



Hab.: Ray-urraana, North Eastern Peru. 

 Farn. ERIODORIDAE. 



266. Chamaeza fulvescens. 



Salvin and Godmau, Ibis. Vol. 6. No. 21. 1882. p. 79. 



Supra saturate cinnamomeo-brunneo, capite summo obscuriore; 

 subtus alba, gutture et crisso fulvo tinctis; pectoris et hypochon- 

 driorum plumis nigro utrinque marginatis, illis omnino saturate 

 fulvis torquem pectoralem formantibus; subalaribus albis nigro 

 variegatis; cauda dorso concolori, fascia subapicali nigra, rectricum 

 apicibus fusco-albidis; rostro corneo, mandibulae basi albicante; 

 pedibus carneis. 



Lg. 7,3; al. 3,9; caud. 2,2; rostri a rictu 1,1; tarsi 1,55. 



5 mari similis sed minor. Hab.: Guiana Brit. 



Obs. C. oUvaceae (ex Bolivia) similis, sed colore supra, prae- 

 cipue in pileo, saturatius fulva, subtus gula fulvo tincta et pectore 

 saturate fulvo notato distinguenda. 

 h 267. Formicarius pallidus. 



G. K Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. Vol. 2. No. 9. 1882. 

 p. 288. 



The Upper plumage is of a clear pale ochreous brown, or light 

 snuffbrown ; the top of the head is of a darker brown ; the front 

 has a finge of rufous; the lores are white; the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts are light rufous ; the tail-feathers are light brown, 

 blackish at their ends, which are edged wich white; inner webs 

 of quills liver-brown, the outer colored like the back; the wing- 

 coverts and tertials are of a ruddy light brown; the under wing- 

 coverts are pale ochreous white, with blackish ends ; the under sur- 

 face of the quills are light reddish ochraceous, for half their length 

 from the base; the throat and sides of the head are blackish; the 

 neck is encircled by a well defined coUar of deep bright rufous, 

 this color extending on the sides of the head behind the eye; the 

 Upper part of the breast is of a light dull brownish cinereous; 

 Upper part and sides of the abdomen of a lighter shade, more of 

 a pale brown; the middle of the abdomen is white, just tinged 

 with ochreous ; under tail-coverts brown, with a wash of dull light- 

 colored rufous; bill black; tarsi and toes pale brown. 



Length (skin) 7^2 inches; wing 3%; tail 2%-, tarsus 1^4 ; 

 bill from front '/s« 



