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Show 1879.] BIRDS F R O M ANTIOQUIA. 493 insects." The simple coloration and absence of bars on the and tail readily distinguish this bird from its congeners. 12. HENICORHINA LEUCOPHRYS (Tscb.); Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 181. Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) Food, insects. Eggs (no. 64) either pure white or spotted with a few minute red spots: axis *84, diam. *6. 13. THRYOPHILUS NIGRICAPILLUS (Scl.). Thryothorus nigricapillus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 84. Remedios, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L.S. and S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, insects. A species of Western Ecuador. " The nest is made of soft dry grass, and placed in a low bush." -T.K.S. 14. THRYOTHORUS MYSTACALIS, Scl. P. Z.S. 1860, p. 64. Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) 15. THRYOTHORUSFAsciATivENTRis(Lafr.); Scl. et Salv.P.Z.S. 1864, p. 346. Remedios, Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) 16. TROGLODYTES SOLSTITIALIS, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 550. Sta. Elena, Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) Food, insects. Eggs (no. 72) white, spotted with small red spots, but not nearly so profusely as those of the next species, which resemble the eggs of T. a'edon: axis *69, diam. *55. "This bird builds its nest in a bole in a wall or bank, or any convenient spot; it is made of soft blades of grass, and has a side entrance. The bird lays two eggs, white, thickly spotted with pale red."-T. K. S. 17. TROGLODYTES TESSELLATUS (Lafr. et d'Orb.); Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 135. Medellin, Concordia. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Eggs (no. 39) white, thickly freckled with red as in T. a'edon: axis '77, diam. 57. Fam. MNIOTILTID.E. 18. SlURUS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gm.). Concordia, Medellin. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) Iris dark. Food, insects. 19. MNIOTILTA VARIA (Linn.). Concordia, Envigado, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) |