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 249. Myrmotherula melaena (Scl.). 



Foriiiicirora mdaena Scl., P.Z.S. 1857 p. 130 (lyp. ex Bogota). 



Maipnres : <?(? ad. 6, 7, 11, 27. xii., ? ? 0, 7, 24. xii. '98, lu. i. "99. 



Perico : c?^ 23, 25. ix., ¥ 28. ix., 6 jnv. 22. ix. '98. 



Bichaco : c? ? ad. 18. ix. '98. 



MuQduapo: ? ? 7,8. ii. '99. 



"Iris seal lirowu : foet i)Iaiubeous : bill black (blackisli abiive, plumbeous 

 below)." 



(Nos. 11177, 11178, 11180, 11209, 11210, 11230, 113.-j,s, 11359, 11379, 11380, 

 11427, 11602, 1171)8, 11708, 11851, 11800 rborrie coll.; 



An adult male from Savayacu, E. Ecuador, in Mus. II. v. B. agrees fully witb 

 Orinoco skins, but Bogota skins (the type is from Bogotd) are as a rule deeper 

 black above than the Orinoco specimens. 



A nest containing two eggs was taken on tiie 10th of January, at Maijmres, by 

 Mr. C'herrie. The small uest stood about seven feet above the ground in the midst 

 of a thicket of bamboo. It is fastened on a forked branch like an oriole's nest 

 {Oriolas galbula), about 8 cm. long, 5 to 7 wide on the top, cup 5| cm. deep and 

 only about 3i wide at the top. The uest is loosely composed of dried and half- 

 decayed reed-leaves and other ordinary leaves, and lined with hair. The two 

 eggs were considerably incubated. They are creamy white, all over dotted with 

 browuish-red. They measure 17-5 by 12-9 mm. The female parent (No. 117118) 

 was caught. 



250. Myrmotherula longipennis Pelz. 



Myriiiiithfrula l(ingipe.imia Pelz., Zitr Orii. Bran. II. (1868) pp. 82, 153 (Tlub. Rio Negro). 



Suapure, Caura R. : J 11, ii., ? ? 11, 13. iv., 31. v. "99. " ? Iris brown; 

 feet black, maxilla black, mandible white." 

 La Union : ? Dec. 19U0 (Andr(i). 

 La Pricion : S Dec. 1900 (Andr^). 

 Nicare : Si juv., ? 18. i. 19U1 (Audr^). 

 " cj ad. Iris dark brown ; beak black ; feet slate-colour." 



251. Myrmotherula cinereiventris pallida subsp. nov. 



[Myrmiiiherula citiereiventris Scl. & Salv., P.Z.S. 1867 p. 7i>6 (ex Cayenne, etc.).] 



M. S differt a mari M. cinereiventris dictae colore pallidiore cinereo, ? etiam 

 colore dilutiore. 



Munduapo : J cJ ad. 4, 8, 13, 18. ii., ? ? 4, 8, 27. ii. '99. 



Nericagua : S6 ad. 24, 27, 29. iii., S6 juv. 24, 29. iii., ? ? 12. iv., 27. iii. '99. 



Bichaco: ? 18. ix. '98. 



Maipnres : ? ad. 19. xii. '98. 



Capuano : ? ad. 5. ii. '99 (Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : S S 2, 9. xi., 22. iii., S juv. 9. xii., ? 9. xi. '99 (Klages). 



La Pricion : cj J ? ? Dec. 1900. 



La Union : c?cJ 18, 20. xii. 1900. 



Nicare : c? ? ? Jan. 1901 (E. Andr^). 



" Iris seal ; feet slate grey (plumbeous) ; bill above black, below slate-grey 

 (below slate-black, below plumbeous)." 



