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Show 158 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Ml Fam. COTINGID^E. 8. PTILOCHLORIS BUCKLEYI, sp. nov. (Plate XVI.) Supra olivacea, alis intus fuscis; subtus flavissima (subalaribus concoloribus) nigro distincte squamata ; gula et ventre imo fere immaculatis; rostro nigricante corneo, mandibulce basi albicante; pedibus obscure plumbeis: long, tota 8, alee 4*1, caudce 25, rostri a rictu 1, tarsi 1. Hab. Pindo, Ecuador (Buckley). Mus. S.-G. Obs. P. squamatee ex Brasilia affinis, sed capite s u m m o olivaceo nee nigro diversa. M r . Buckley obtained a single female example of this species together with two nestling birds. The latter are mostly in their first plumage, the quill-feathers being only partially developed. The plumage (see Plate XVI.) is most remarkable: the upper surface, including the whole of the head, is of a cinnamon colour spotted with black, each black spot on the head being tipped with white ; the under surface is black, banded with narrow white bars. From the top of the head proceed fine black filaments more than an inch long, each tipped with white. The tip of the fourth primary in the female bird is of the normal width. It would therefore seem probable that the narrow point to this feather observable in P. remigialis is only a characteristic of the male sex of P. squamata, in which case Lafresnaye's title will become a synonym of Prince M a x . zu Wied's older name. Fam. DENDROCOLAPTID^E. 9. AuTOMOLUS DORSALIS, Sp. 110V. Supra pileo dorso toto et alis extus olivaceis rufo perfusis, plumis in fundo cinereis ; superciliis elongatis ochraceis ; uropygio et cauda tota castaneis; subtus ochraceus, medialiter clarior, lateraliter in colorem dorsi transeuns; gula fere albicante ; subalaribus et remigum pogoniorum interonrum marginibus internis ochraceis; rostro superiore corylino, inferiore albo, pedibus pallide corylinis: long, tota 7, alee 3*8, caudee 3*2, rostri a rictu 1, tarsi 0*9: caudce rectricibus acuminatis; alis rotundatis, remige quarto et quinto longissimis. Hab. Sarayacu, Ecuador (Buckley). Mus. S.-G., specimen unicum. Obs. Affinis A. pallidigulari et quoad colorem corporis inferi valde similis, sed dorso saturate rufo diversus. Fam. FORMICARHD^E. 10. DYSITHAMNUS SUBPLUMBEUS, sp. nov. Dysithamnusplumbeus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 457, nee Max. Obscure plumbeus fere unicolor, subtus paulo dilutior; alis caudaque nigricantibus, illarum tectricibus omnibus maculis minutis albis terminatis ; alarum pagina inferiorefuscescenti-cineracea; rostro |