242 P. L. Sclater on the 



distinguished from both of them by its broad white nape, and 

 the mixture of white feathers in the interscapularies. 



26. Thamnophilus melanonotus, Sclater. 



Thamnophilus melanonotus, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855,. 



Jan. 23. 



$ Niger ; interscapularibus albo mixtis ; dorso postico 

 cinereo ; abdomine cinerascenti albo ; alis nigris albo mar- 

 ginatis ; Cauda nigra, rectricibus omnibus apice et extima 

 utrinque laterali etiam pogonio externo medio albo-maculatis ; 

 rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 6'5, alae 3*0, caudse 25. 



Hab. Santa Martha, on the north coast of New Grenada 

 (Verreaux). 



A single specimen of this species in my collection was sent 

 by the MM. Verreaux's collector from Santa Martha. It is 

 closely allied to the three preceding, but may be at once dis- 

 tinguished by its black back. 



27. Thamnophilus aspersiventer, Lafr. et d'Orb. 

 Thamnophilus aspersiventer, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Av. in Mag. 



de Zool., 1837, p. 10; d'Orb. Voy., p. 171, pi. 4. fig. 1 (J), 



fig. 2 (<j>), (err. sub nom. Th. schistacei) ; Lafr. Rev. Zool. 



1844, p. 83; Gray's Gen., i. p. 298. 



$ niger ; dorso cinerascente ; ventre toto cinereo nigroque 

 asperso ; alis eaudaque et dorso medio albo notatis. 



$ abdomine et caudse tectricibus inferioribus rufis. 



Long, tota 6*5, alse 3*0. 



Hab. in Bolivia, Yungas, Sicasica, et Ayupaya (d'Orb.) ; 

 Nova Grenada (Lafr.) 



Subdiv. NJEVL 



28. Thamnophilus n^evius, Gm. 

 Spotted Shrike, Lath. Syn., i. pt. 1, p. 190, unde\ 

 Lanius nozvius, Gm. S. N., i. p. 308 ; Leach, Zool. Misc., 1. 17. 



L. punctatus, Shaw, G. Z., viii. pt. 2, p. 327. 

 Le Tachet Le Vail, Ois. d'Afr., ii. pi. 77, fig. 1, unde. 

 Thamnophilus nozvius, Sw. Orn. Dr., pi. 59; Schomb. Reise., iii. 



p. 687. Th. albonotatus, Spix. Av. Bras., ii. p. 27, pi. 37, 



