LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



Fig. Pago 



1. Head and tail of Couopnhaga anrita aurita — to show the form 



of the bill and the short tail in comparison with the length 



of the feet 1 



2. Head and tail of Gori/tJiopis torqiinta antJioides — to show the 



for!u of the bill and the long tail, which reaches bejf-ond the 

 feet 8 



3. Head and foot of Pseudoconophaqn melanogasfer — to illustrate 



the long and compressed bill and the long leg and toes 4 



4. Head of Ci/inhilaimus Uneatus — to show the peculiar shapo of 



the biir 6 



5. Head, wing, and tail of Mackenzi<sna leaclii — to show the 



short bill and the formation of the wing and tail 7 



0. Head of Frederichena viridis — to show the short and stout 



bill 8 



7. Head of Taraha major — to illustrate the shape of the bill ... 10 



8. ^ea.(\. oi Thamnopliilus doliatus — to .show the crest 11 



9. Head of SaJcesphorus canadensis — to show the conspicuous 



crest 14 



10. Head oi FJi'ionotus ptincfafus — to show the small bill IG 



11. Head and tail of Dysithamnus cjuHulatus — to illustrate the 



small but sharply hooked bill, the absence of a crest, and 

 the neai'ly square tail 20 



12. Head of Thamnomanes ccesius — to show the upper aspect of the 



bill and the numerous rictal bristles 24 



13. Head and tail of Mi/rmofherida ]^j/gm<ra — to illustrate the 



shape of the bill and the form of the tail 2G 



11'. WiiixA oi Rhopias gulay-is — to show the spotted throat 28 



lo. A figure of Myrmopagis axillaris — to show the elongated 



flank-plumes 80 



10. Head and tail of Mijvmopliila minor — to show the short and 



slender bill, black throat, and rounded tsiil 32 



17. Head of Poliola-ma cinercivcntris — to illustrate the shape of 



the bill and the colour of the throat 85 



18. Head of fferpsilochmus pilcatus — to show the projiortionately 



long bill, which is hooked at the tij) 87 



11). Tail of Fonnicivoru grisca — to show the rounded and gi-adiialed 



fmnnation \^ 



