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Show 278 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 4, called ' Pajaro bobaV by the Peruvians. It is very compactly made, and is placed in a forked branch of the same tree, low down, near the ground, and so much resembles the place of its concealment that it is very difficult to discover. The eggs are four in number, of a pale cream-white colour, with a few brown spots at the large end."-E. B. 4. TODIROSTRUM MACULATUM (Desm.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187; 1867, p. 978. " Nauta and Upper Ucayali. This bird seems to be very local. I never met with it again after I left these localities."-E. B. Pebas (Hauxwi). 5. TODIROSTRUM CHRYSOCROTAPHUM (Strickl.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187. Very local; only two specimens obtained near Sarayacu (E. Bi). 6. EUSCARTHMUS SPICIFER (Lafr.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 187; 1867, p. 751. " Lower Ucayali, Xeberos, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros. Always found in company with several other species of this family."- E. B. 7. SERPOPHAGA HYPOLEUCA, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 188. " Upper Ucayali, near Sarayacu. Never seen after leaving this locality."-E. B. 8. STIGMATURA BUDYTOIDES (Lafr. et D'Orb.) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 188. Upper and Lower Ucayali; two examples only obtained (E. Bi). 9. MIONECTES OLEAGINEUS (Licht.); Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1866, p. 188; 1867, pp.751, 978. Upper Ucayali, Xeberos, Chyavetas, and Chamicuros, rather plentiful in these localities (E.B.); Pebas (Hauxw.). 10. LEPTOPOGON PERUVIANUS; Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. /O/. Chyavetas, only one specimen (E. B.). 11. LEPTOPOGON AMAUROCEPHALA, Cab.; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 567. Nauta (E.B.). 12. ORNITHION PUSILLUM (Cab.). Myiopatis pusilla, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 58. Camptostoma flaviventre, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 358 ; 1866, p. 188. Upper Ucayali (E.Bi). Mr. Salvin and I have lately come to the conclusion that my J |