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B. Macula loralis nulla, tectrices auriculares omnino nigre. 
3. Formicarius analis, | 
Myothera analis, d’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 141; d’Orb. Voy. Am. Mér. i. p. 191, t. 6 bis. f. 1%. 
Formicarius analis, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1858, p. 68°; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 304°; Salv. P. Z.S. 1866, 
p. 75°; 1867, p. 145°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N.Y. ix. p. 1107; Tacz. Orn. Pér. il. p. 78°. 
F., moniligero quoque affinis, sed multo obscurior, capite tota (auricularibus omnino inclusis), gutture et pectore 
nigris, macula lorali alba nulla, neque torque gutturali; cervicis lateribus vix rufo tinctis; subcaudalibus 
sicut in F/. hoffmanni rufis. Long. tota 7°5, ale 36, caude 2:0, rostri a rictu 1-25, tarsi 13. (Descr- 
exempl. ex Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Costa Rica (Carmiol), Tucurriqui (Arcé*®); Panama, Santiago de Veraguas 
(Arcé*)—Sovutn America from Western Ecuador to Peru ® and Bolivia ? ?. 
Adult birds of this Formicarius are readily distinguished from F. moniliger and its 
allies by their dark colour, the whole head, neck, and breast being black, the back of 
a much darker shade of brown, the absence of a white spot on the lores and of rufous 
colour on the under surface. 
The range of F. analis is very extensive, as it has been found almost uninterruptedly 
from Costa Rica and the State of Panama to Bolivia, where it was first discovered by 
d’Orbigny!. It also occurs in the valley of the Upper Amazons, but not apparently 
further east. 
Fraser noted that the irides are hazel, the bill black, the bare space round the eyes 
flesh-colour, the legs and feet brownish. His specimen was shot near a cane-patch at 
Esmeraldas in Western Ecuador. 
D’Orbigny says? that this bird always lives in the virgin forest on the ground, turning 
the leaves in search of the insects on which it feeds. Stolzmann adds® that it runs 
quickly, and carries its tail erect like a Water-hen. Its cry is loud, resembling ata 
distance that of a Cock. 
4, Formicarius rufipectus. 
Formicarius rufipectus, Salv. P. Z.S. 1866, p. 73, t. 8'; 1867, p. 145°; Sel. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
xv. p. 306°. 
Formicarius thoracicus, Tacz. & Berl. P. Z. 8S. 1885, p. 101*? 
Fusco-niger, uropygio obscure rufo, capite summo et cervice postica quoque rufo tinctis, loris, auricularibus 
omnino et gula nigris, pectore toto et tectricibus subcaudalibus castaneo-rufis, abdomine medio dilutiore, 
hypochondriis fuliginosis, subalaribus et remigibus sicut in F. moniligero: rostro nigro, pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tota 7:0, ale 3:4, caude 2:1, rostri a rictu 1:15, tarsi 1°6. (Descr. exempl. typ. ex Veraguas, 
Panama. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Panama, Santiago de Veraguas ! (Arcé).—Ecuapor °. 
This well-marked species comes next to F. analis in many of its characters, such as 
the absence of the white spot on the lores and the wholly black ear-coverts. Its 
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