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Show 1873.] THE BIRDS OF EASTERN PERU. 281 29. CNIPODECTES SUBBRUNNEUS. Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 282, 295. Myiochanes subbrunneus, Scl. Cat. p. 232. Chamicuros (E. Bi). For this curious form, which will not go with either of the genera to which it has been hitherto referred, we propose the new generic term Cnipodectes *. It is a larger and stronger form of Myiobius, and should be placed next to that genus. 30. MYIOBIUS BARBATUS (Gm.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 751. M. xanthopygius, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189. Xeberos and Chyavetos (E. B.). 31. MYIOBIUS ERYTHRURUS (Cab.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 751. Xeberos, Chyavetas, Chamicuros, and Santa Cruz (E.B.). 32. MYIOBIUS NcEvius(Bodd.); Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1866, p.189. Lower Ucayali, Xeberos, and Chyavetas ; not common in these localities (E.B.). 33. PYROCEPHALUS RUBINEUS (Bodd.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189; 1867, pp. 751, 978. " Upper and Lower Ucayali and Santa Cruz. This pretty little bird appears to be common throughout the two rivers I visited. It is always found on the banks of the river, where it breeds in the holes of dead trees. The eggs much resemble those of Muscicapa grisola of Britain, having the markings closer round the middle than at the extremities."-E. B. Pebas (H.). 34. EMPIDOCHANES FUSCATUS (Max.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 751,978. Xeberos and Chyavetas (E. B.) ; Pebas (Hi). 35. MYIARCHUS FEROX (Gm.). Myiarchus, sp., Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189. " Xeberos, Chamicuros, and Santa Cruz. The nest of this bird I found inside the nest of Furnarius minor, the inside wall that divided the chambers having been removed. The colour of the egg is light or pale pink-brown, streaked and marked over with darker brown."-E. B. 36. EMPIDONOMUS VARIUS (Vieill.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189. Upper Ucayali (E. B.). 37. TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICUS (Vieill.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 189; 1867, pp. 751, 979. " Nauta, Sarayacu, and the whole of the Ucayali and Huallaga. I * Ki>i\p, culcx, et dijKrtjs, mordicator. |