PHEUGOPEDIUS. 357 



from behind the eye white; lores and sides of the face black, 

 streaked with white on the ear-coverts and hinder face ; throat 

 white ; breast and abdomen whitish washed with umber-brown ; 

 the sides of the body darker umber-brown ; under tail-coverts 

 blackish with pale ti|)s to the feathers ; under wing-coverts 

 whitish, with buff on the inner edges to the feathers ; under sur- 

 face of quills brown ; iloi'ser aspect of the tail blackish with pale 

 markings. 



Total length 129 mm.^ exposed culmen 15, wing 61, tail 52, 

 tarsus 22. 



I'he specimen from which the description is taken was collected 

 on the Supenaam River. 



Juv. Upper and the under surface for the most part umber- 

 brown ; throat and sides of the face dark lead-grey. Tail about 

 half-grown. 



This specimen was collected on the Anarika River. 



Immature. Briohter umber-brown both above and below. The 

 slate-grey of the throat more restricted. Collected on the Supe- 

 naam River. 



Immature. This specimen is further advanced, and has the head 

 slaty-black, a white line approaching behind the eye. A few 

 whitish feathers a])pearing on the throat, and the tail almost 

 fnlly-grown. 



Thid specimen was collected on the Ituribisi River. 



J3reeding-season. Unknown. 



JS'est. Qnrecorded. 



Eygs. Undescribed. 



liange confined to British Gviann. Ituribisi River (type of 

 7'. /iur/^/.vignsi^), Supenaam River, Bartica (type of 7". herlepschi), 

 Kamakabra River, Bonasika River, Anarica River, Great Falls 

 iJciiierara River, Arawai River (McConnell collection) ; Mount 

 Roiainia, MerunK; Mountains, Baitica ( Wliitcly) ; Georgetown 

 {(.lielxh). 



Habits. Schomburgk states (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 071) that the 

 habits iind mode of life of this species, as well as the localities that 

 it frequents, are similar to those of Leucolepis arada, p. 3(*t5. 



]\Ir. Quelch (Timehri (2) v. pp. 75, 7i)) observed this species in 

 Georgetown, and renuirks : — "The J31ack-faced Wren (^Thryothorvs 

 convja) is occasionally to 1)0 seen, but it is much less common than 

 the whito-i)ellied sfx'cics. The Wrens are known among the 

 common people by the name ' God-bird ' and ' Rain-bird.' " 



