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SYLVICOLIDÄE. 



Buarremon elaeoprorus. 



Sclater et Salvin, Proc. Z. S. 1879 III, p. 504. 



Supra obscure olivaceus, subnigricans; pileo rufo - castaneo ; 

 capitis lateribus nigris; lororum macula parva flava; alis caudaque 

 nigris; speculo alari albo; subtus laete flavus; lateribus et crisso 

 in olivaceum transeuntibus; rostro corneo, pedibus corylinis. 



Long, tota 7,0, alae 2,8, caudae 3,0 inches. 



Hab.: Medellin et Sta. Elena in Statu Antioquiae reipubl. 

 Columbianae. 



Obs. Afl:'. B. latinuchae ex Peruvia, sed macula lororum flava 

 et colore dorsi olivaceo nee nigro distinguendus. 



Buarremon specularis. 



0. Salvin, Taczan. Proc. Z. S. II 1879, p. 228. 



Tres - voisin du B, latinucJms Sei. , mais diff^rent dans 

 plusieur details: la couleur du dos est dans ce dernier schistacee 

 fonc6e; il a une moustache foncee bien distincte sur les cot^s 

 de la gorge; l'aile est plus longue (76 mm. dans le male et 

 74 dans la femelle, dans le B. latinuchus eile est de 71), le bec 

 est un peu moins large. 



Hab.: Nord du Pörou. 



Callithraupis gen. n. 



H. von Berlepsch, Ornithologisches Centralblatt No. 8, 

 15. April 1879, p. 206. 



(Die Gattung fällt mit Cyanicterus Bp. zusammen. Ref.) 

 BHACNEMIDIDAE. 



Petroeca leggii. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. IV, p. 165 (1879). 



General colour above silky black, the feathers with grey 

 bases; lesser wing coverts black; median series and inner greater 

 white, the latter with concealed blackish bases to the inner 

 webs; outer greater coverts and primary-coverts blackish; quills 

 blackish brown, the inner primaries with a spot of white near 

 the base of the outer web; secondaries all white at base, the 

 inner ones white along the outer web, forming a bar down the 

 wing; tail blackish brown, the penultimate feather white at tip 

 and having a wedge-shaped mark of white running down the 

 outer web; outer feather white, with an oblique brown mark 

 towards the base of the inner web and with a dark brown mark 

 near the tip of the outer web; forehead white; a narrow fron- 

 tal line, lores, sides of face and throat black, at base of the 

 latter a concealed white spot; breast light scarlet, some of the 

 sides feathers with black margins; abdomen, lower flanks and 

 under tail coverts white; thighs black; under wing -coverts and 

 axillaries white, the outer ones edged with black. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0,45, wing 2,85, tail 2,1. 



Hab. : Australia. 



