422 Ant. Reichenow und Her man Schalow: 



Art durch die hellbraunen, nicht schwarzen Wangen und von 

 P. minimus durch die graue, nicht braune Haube. 



Hab.: Westliches Mexico. 



Farn. TIMELUDAE. 



396. Argy a amauroura. 



A. V. Pelz ein, Verhandl. Zool. Botan. Ges. Wien. 32. Bd. 

 1882. p. 503. 



A. supra brunnea, cauda brunneo-nigra, striis transversalibus 

 nigris obsoletis, infra brunnescente cinerea, rectricum extimarura 

 apicibus albidis, loris, oculorura ambitu et gula albis, gastraeo 

 reliquo pallide ferrugineo, medio fere albo, rostro corneo, tomiis 

 et mandibula pallidis, pedibus plumbeo-fuscis. 



Long. 217 mm; alae 75; caudae 93; rostri a rictu 22; 

 tars. 25. 



Argyae rufulae similis, sed rostro multo breviore, corpore supra 

 magis obscuro, cauda obscura fere nigrescente et gastraeo multo 

 pallidiore diversa. 



Hab.: Fadibek, Central- Africa. 

 •f- 397. Gampylorhynchus Couesi. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat, Brit. Mus. Vol. 6. Passeriformes. p. 196. 



Nearly allied to G. brunneicapülus Lafr. Centre tail-feathers 

 with light cross markings or bars; back streaked or barred with 

 white; Chiu and throat spotted; flanks spotted, as well as the 

 under tail - coverts , with black; back streaked or spotted with 

 white; flanks fulvous or bufiy white; head dark brown. Bill 

 blackish, legs flax-brown, iris reddish-brown. 



Tot. Igth. 7,3; culm. 1 ; wing 3,35; tail 3,4; tars. 1,05 inches. 



Hab.: Southern United States, 

 -f- 398. Catherpes mexicanus punciulatus. 



R. Ridgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 5. Sept. 5. 1882. 

 p. 343. 



In coloration somewhat intermediate between C, mexicanus 

 and C. conspersufi (paler than the former, darker than the latter) 

 but in dimensious agreeing best with the latter. Above dull rusty 

 brown, less reddish anteriorly, the whole top of the head, nape, 

 back, and scapulars distiuctly speckled with white, each white 

 dot imraediately preceded by an equally distinct one of dusky; 

 rump and outer siirface of wings ferruginous, the former nearly 

 immaculate, the latter rather coarsely barred with black; upper 

 tail coverts chestnut-rufous, each feather with a white terminal 

 and black subterminal dot. Tail clear rusty rufous, crossed by 

 about seveu or eight narrow, irregulär bars of black, these less 

 than 0,05 of an inch broad on the middle feathers, and about 0,10 

 of an inch wide on the outer pair. Chin, throat, and jugulum 

 silky white (more or less tinged with ochraceous), passing gradu- 

 ally on the breast into soft ochraceous, this changing to rieh ferru- 

 ginous on sides, abdomen, and remaining lower parts, the parts 

 thus colored marked, more or less distinctly, with black dots or 



