11. MTRM0THERT7LA. 235 



coverts black with white apical spots : beneath similar ; throat 

 black with large white spots ; lower belly and flanks brownish 

 olive : whole length 3-5 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-4. 



Ifab. Ecuador. 



This species seems to be distinguishable from the two former, to 

 which it is closely allied, by its cinereous back. 



a, b. cS ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



8. Myrmotherula atrogularis. 



Myrmotherula atrogularia, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 137, 630 (C. Peru), 

 et 1882, p. 30 (N E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 41. 



Above cinereous, rump slightly fulvcscent ; wing-coverts black 

 margined with white ; tail blackish with slight white tips : beneath 

 cinereous, throat black, well-defined ; flanks and lower belly fulves- 

 cent ; under wing-coverts white : whole length 3'6 inches, wing 2-1, 

 tail 1-4. Female. Above like the male : beneath fulvous ; throat 

 black with white spots. 



Ifab. Peru. 



This species looks at first sight like one of the grey -and -black 

 section (C). But the flanks and lower belly are fulvous, and the 

 female has the characters rather of this group. 



a,b. (J 2 ad. sk. Huambo, Peru {Stolzmann). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimens.) 



9. Myrmotherula hsematonota. 



Formicivora haematonota, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 48. 



Myrmotherula h^matonota, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 235 (E. Peru) ; 

 Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 185, 1867, pp. 750, 756, et 1873, 

 p. 274 (E. Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 71 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 30 

 (N.E. Peru) ; iid. Orn. Per. ii. p. 40. 



Above brown ; back and outer secondaries suffused with bright 

 rufous ; wing-coverts black with large apical spots of pale fulvous ; 

 tail brown : beneath cinereous ; throat black with white spots ; lower 

 belly and flanks fuscous : whole length 4 inches, wing 2, tail 1*6. 

 Female. Above brown, with slight traces of rufous ; wing-coverts as 

 in male : beneath pale fulvous with slight darker mottlings. 



Ifab. Upper Amazonia. 



a. c? ad. ; h, c. Chamicuros, E. Peru {Haiixicell). Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. (Types of the species.) 



d. cJ ad. sk. Chamicuros, E. Peru (/frt^/.r^ceZ/). Sclater Coll. 



e. S ad.sk. Chvavetas, E. Peru (/jwrt'f^). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 /. ? ad. sk. Upper Ucayali (Bartlctf). Sclater Coll. 



