DESCKIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ANT TnilUSII FROM 



NICARAGUA. 



By Charles W. Richmond, 



Assistant Curator of the Bepartmeni of Birds. 



Several specimens of an Ant Thrush of the genus PhJcgoimn 

 formed part of a collection made by the writer in eastern Nicaragua 

 during the year 1892. These, when compared wuth Panama examples of 

 P. maclcannani, were found to be quite aberrant in coloration, but the 

 series at that time available in thelJ. S. National Museum collection was 

 not thought sufficient to warrant their separation as a distinct species. 

 The Museum has since received many additions to its series of neotrop- 

 ical birds, among them three or four exami)les of the Panama form of 

 PItlegopsis J which iirove conclusively the distinctness of the Nicaraguan 

 bird, a description of which is presented herewith. 



PHLEGOPSIS SATURATA, new species. 

 NICARAGUAN OCELLATED ANT THRUSH. 



Type.—^So. 128351, U.S.N.M.; male adult, Escondido River, 50 miles 

 from Bluefields, Nicaragua, August 31, 1802; Charles W. Richmond, 

 collector. 



Crown and occiput brown (l)etween clove brown and bister), some- 

 what lighter on forehead; nai)e and breast rich dark hazel, passing 

 gradually on nnderparts into deep orange rufous on center of abdomen, 

 and into mummy brown on sides of body, flanks, and thighs; lower 

 breast, abdomen (except center), and sides of body with subterminal 

 black disks, the feathers mostly with narrow black edgings; under tail- 

 coverts mummy brown, tipped with deep orange rufous, with subtermi- 

 nal black markings. Throat, malar stripe, and sides of neck black, 

 the latter narrowly bordered posteriorly with deep hazel, and connect- 

 ing the same color of the nape with that of the breast. Back, scapu 

 lars, and wing-coverts (except primary coverts), cinnamon, with more 

 or less circular subterminal black spots, those on the back larger than 

 those of the lower parts; rump, upper tail-coverts and lower back 

 mummy brown, with traces of black spots and lighter edgings to the 



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