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Show 524 MESSRS. SCLATER A N D SALVIN O N [June 3, far south. The single skin in Mr. Salmon's seventh collection P. L. S.) cannot be separated, although the spots on the lower surface are not quite so distinctly rounded. 239. PICOLAPTES LACRYMIGER (Lafr.); Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 166. Medellin, Sta. Elena, Envigado, Frontino. (Mus. S.-G.) Stomach contained insects. Eggs (no. 63) white : axis 105, diam. *85. 240. PICOLAPTES ALBO-LINEATUS, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1850, p. 278; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 167. Remedios, Sta. Elena. (Mus. P. L.S. and S.-G.) Mr. Salmon's skin agrees with Bogota and Venezuelan specimens which we refer to this species. 241. XIPHORHYNCHUS TROCHILIROSTRIS (Licht.) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 167. Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris dark. Eggs (no. 156) white, nearly round: axis I, diam. *84. "The only nest I saw was inside a decayed tree, which had been cut off about three feet from the ground, and become hollow to the roots, so that the nest had no protection from the rain."-T. K. S. 242. XIPHORHYNCHUS PUSILLUS, Scl.; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 193. Concordia. (Mus. S.-G.) Fam. FORMICARIID^E. 243. CYMBILANIUS LINEATUS (Vieill.); Scl. Cat. p. J70. Remedios and Neche. Iris red. Stomach contained insects. 244. THAMNOPHILUS TRANSANDEANUS, Scl. Cat. p. 172. Remedios, Neche. (Mus. S.-G. and P. L. S.) Iris red. 245. THAMNOPHILUS N^EVIUS (Gm.) ; Scl. Cat. p. 173. Neche. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris white. 246. THAMNOPHILUS DOLIATUS (Linn.) ; Scl. Cat. p. 173. Examples of this widely diffused species were in Mr. Salmon's fifth collection. 247. THAMNOPHILUS MULTISTRIATUS, Lafr.; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 175. Concordia, Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris white. Food, insects. Nest hanging from trees. Eggs (no. 31) whitish, thickly spotted and streaked at the larger end with red-brown: axis 1, diam. '65. |