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Show 786 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [Nov. 15, Paramo of Culata, must, we think, be referred to C. armillata, a species well known in Bogota collections. It is, however, slightly larger than Bogota skins, and the blue colouring is of a deeper hue, particularly on the upper surface of the tail and wings, which in Bogota skins have somewhat of a greenish tinge. Mr. Goering notes the legs and bill of this bird as being of a shining black, and the iris as "dark brown." 40. CINCLODES FUSCUS (Vieill.). Cinclodes fuscus et C. albidiventris, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 149. After examining Sclater's present series of skins of this bird from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and La Plata, and comparing them with a specimen obtained by Mr. Goering from the Paramo of Merida, we have come to the conclusion that they are all referable to one species, which will include Sclater's C. albidiventris. The La Plata specimens (C. fuscus verus) are less rufescent above, and have the tail rather greyer. 49. GRALLARIA GRISEONUCHA, sp. nov. Supra rufescenti-brunnea, alis intus nigricantibus, loris et nucha lata obscure griseis: colli lateribus et corpore subtus intense ferrugineis, lateribus obscurioribus: cauda brevissima, subcaudalibus abscondita: rostro et pedibus obscure cornels : long. tota 6, alee 3*5, caudce 1, tarsi 1*9, rostri a rictu I. Hab. Paramo of La Culata, north of Merida (Goering). Obs. Habitus generalis G. brevicaudee, sed rostro paulo fortiore et crassitie majore : quoad colorem ab omni specie diversa. Mr. Goering obtained a single specimen of this new Grallaria on the Paramo of La Culata in September 1869. It is marked " male, iris clear brown ; very rare." 51. OCHTHOECA SUPERCILIOSA, sp. nov. Murino-brunnea, alis caudaque nigris; superciliis latis, maculis tectricum majorum alarium terminalibus, et secundariorum marginibus externis cum subalaribus et abdomine toto ferrugineis; rectricis unius utrinque extimee pogonio externo et crisso albis: rostro et pedibus nigris: long, tota 6, alee 3'2, caudae 2*7- Hab. Paramos of Merida (Goering), Obs. Proxima O. fumicolori ex Columbia, sed superciliis et abdomine ferrugineis dignoscenda. Two examples of this species are sent by Mr. Goering. Both are females, and were obtained in the Paramos of Merida. The iris in one is marked "clear brown," in the other "brown." Besides O.fumicolor, 0. cenanthoides (Lafr. et D'Orb.) of Bolivia and 0. polionota (Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 599) of Peru belong to this group of the genus Ochthoeca. But both the latter species have the superciliaries white. |
