230 P. L. Sclater on the 



by Delalande, and to have received its first published name 

 from his specimens in the Paris Museum. The measurements 

 given by Vieillot are not quite correct, but there seems no 

 doubt that this was the bird intended by his description of 

 Thamnophilus cinereus. 



There is a difference of authorities as to the respective 

 colouring of the sexes of this bird. I have taken the slate- 

 coloured one as the male, and the brown as the female, which, 

 judging by analogy, must be correct, though the contrary is 

 not unfrequently stated to be the case. 



2. Thamnophilus severus, Licht. 

 Thamnophilus lineatus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'H. N., iii. p. 316 



($ "?). Th. severus, Gray's Gen., i. p. 297. Th. niger, Such. 



Zooi. Journ., i. p. 589 (J). 1825 ; Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn. 



pi. 21. Th. Swainsoni, Such. Zool. Journ., p. 556, pi. suppl. 



5 (?). Th. othello, Less. Cent. Zool., p. 65, pi. 19. 

 Lanius severus, Licht. Verz. d. Doubl. p. 45. 1823. 

 Batara othello, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 347. 



$ niger unicolor, cristatus. 



2 pileo castaneo ; corpore nigro et ferrugineo confertim trans- 

 fasciato ; cauda nigra, obsolete trans-fasciata. 



Long, tota 8-5, alse 3*5, caudse 4-5. 



Hab. South-east Brazil, San Paolo, (Licht.) ; Minas Geraes 

 (Such.) 



3. Thamnophilus Leachi, Such. 

 Thamnophilus Leaehi, Such. Zool. Journ., i. p. 588 ($) ; Jard. 



and Selby, 111. Orn., pi. 41; Gray's Gen., i. p. 298; Bp. 



Consp., p. 198. Th. ruficeps, Such. Zool. Journ., i. p. 589 



($). Th. variolosus, Licht. in Mus. Berol. 



$ ater ; supra albo ocellata ; ventris pennis albido stricter 

 marginatis ; cauda nigra. 



$ niger ; ferrugineo ocellata ; pileo ferrugineo striato. 



Long, tota 105, alae 3-5, caudse 5-0. 



Hab. South-east Brazil, Minas Geraes (Such.) ; Rio Grande 

 do Sul (Plant.) ; Monte Video (Mus. Berol.) 



