ORDER PASSERES. 277 



one inch and a half long. Brazil. AUied to Lanius 

 Guyanenis, but smaller. 



Thamnophilus Affinis, Spix, Brazil, 

 t. 34. f. 2. 



Head and above green ; beneath greenish-ash ; bill 

 short slender ; tarsi blood-red ; no streak above the 

 eye ; quills brown, green edged ; tail olive ; body and 

 tail one inch and three-quarters long. Brazils. Dif- 

 fers from Mus. Diope. Tern. pi. col. 44. 1. Bill com- 

 pressed. 



Thamnophilus Melanogaster, Spix, 

 Braz. 43. 1. 



Head and above lead-coloured j beneath deep black ; 

 tail very short, black ; tarsi very short ; sides white ; 

 wing coverts and scapulars white-tipt ; bill very slender ; 

 body three inches three-quarters, tail one inch. Fe- 

 male, wing brownish. Brazils. 



Short Tails, 



Thamnophilus Stellaris, Spix, B. 

 t. 16.f. 2. 

 Lead-coloured ; paler beneath j head black, white tipt ; 

 wing-coverts black, white tipt ; tail very short ; bill 

 very long ; cheeks ashy ; quills black brown ; inner 

 base red. Body four inches and a half, tail one 

 inch long. Brazil. 



Thamnophilus ruficollis, Spix, Braz. t. 37. f. 1 cf. 



Sooty-ash ; head, neck, and beneath reddish ; wing- 

 coverts, and tail white-edged ; bill above blackish, 

 beneath whitish ; body five and a half, tail two inches 

 long. 



