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AlJTOMOLUS CINNAMOMEIGULA, Sp. n. 



Nearest to A. obscurus (Pelz.), from Cayenne, but easily- 

 recognized by its larger size, much longer and heavier bill, 

 cinnamon-rufous upper wing-coverts and sides of the body, 

 deep cinnamon-rufous throat and fore-neck, as well as by 

 the much brighter ochraceous-buff colour of the middle of 

 the breast. The top of the head is much paler olivaceous- 

 brown, and the under tail-coverts are bright cinnamon- 

 rufous (instead of dull rufous-brown, as in A. obscurus). 

 From the A. rubiginosus-group the new species differs in 

 the following particulars : the top of the head is pale 

 olivaceous-brown, almost of the same colour as the back, 

 only a little lighter, whereas in A. rubiginosus and its allies 

 the pileum is deep ferruginous-brown and very much darker 

 than the back. The upper wing-coverts are much paler, 

 bright cinnamon-rufous (not deep ferruginous-brown), the 

 throat and fore-neck uniform bright cinnamon-rufous (in 

 A. rubiginosus, &c. only the sides of the throat and the 

 malar region are rufous, the middle of the former ochraceous 

 or buff), and this colour extends along the sides of the body, 

 which is not the case in the A. rubiginosus '-group. The 

 middle of the abdomen is much paler ochraceous-buff in- 

 stead of brownish-fulvous. From A. rufipectus, Bangs, from 

 Santa Marta, it differs in having the forehead and ear-coverts 

 olive-brown (not chestnut-rufous), the throat, fore-neck, 

 and flanks cinnamon-rufous, while in the Santa Marta bird 

 the throat is buff, the chest rufous, aud the sides and flanks 

 raw umber. Wing 85, tail 76, tarsus 24^, bill 25 mm. 



The type in the Tring Museum is of the usual " Bogota " 

 make and was found among a large consignment received 

 from Mons. Mantou, of Paris. The discovery of this distinct 

 species is very interesting and proves once more that the rich 

 fauna of the Bogota region is not yet exhausted. Most 

 probably it came from a locality not regularly visited by 

 the Indian hunters of that district. 



Dendrornis insignis, sp. n. 



Similar to D. elegans, Pelz., but easily distinguishable 

 by the following characters : the spots on the upper surface 



