236 FOKMICAliUD^E. 



10. Myrinotherula pyrrhonota. 



Mvnnotliorula pyi'i'liouota, <SV7. et Salv. Numencl. pp. 72, 160. 

 MynuotheiuLi ha^matonota, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 81. 



Above brown ; whole back and edges of outer secondaries bright 

 chestnut ; wings and tail brownish ; wing-covcrts black with round 

 apical spots of white : beneath cinereous, throat black with white 

 spots ; flanks and lower belly brownish : whole length ;3-5 inches, 

 wing 1"8, tail 1"2. Female. Above like the male, but spots on 

 ■wing-coverts pale fulvous : beneath fulvous, more dusky on sides. 



Hah. Cayenne and Rio Negro. 



Closely allied to M. Juematonota, but with the back much of a 

 brighter chestnut- red and with a shorter tail. 



a. S fid. sk. Marabitanas, Rio Negro, Brazil Sclater Coll. 1 (Types 



(Nafterer). > of the 



byC.cS $ ad.sk. Oyapoc, Cayenne. Sclater Coll. ) species.) 



11. Myrmotherula erythrura. (Plate XV.) 



Mymiotherula erythrura, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 180 (descr. nulla !) ; Scl. 

 et Salv. Nomencl. p. 72. 



Above brown ; interscapulium chestnut ; wings blackish with 

 brown edgings ; wing- coverts with round apical spots of pale fulvous; 

 tail long, uniform bright rufous : beneath cinereous, lower belly 

 and flanks brownish ; under wing-coverts pale fulvous ; bill dark 

 plumbeous, feet brown : whole length 4 inches, wing 2-2, tail 1-7. 

 Female. Above like the male : beneath fulvous. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



This is quite a distinct species, at once recognizable by its cine- 

 reous throat and long rufous tail. I based it originally on a female 

 from the Rio Negro, which I accidentally omitted to describe. 

 ^Puckley's collection from the same district supplies excellent speci- 

 mens of both sexes. 



q. 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Purchased. 

 C, d. S 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckle;/). Sclater Coll. 



e, f- 6 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



12. Myrmotherula ornata. 



Formicivora ornata, Sclater, Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 480 ; id. P. Z. S. 1855, 



p. 147 (Bogota). 

 Hypocnemis ornata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 67 (Rio Napo). 

 Rhopias ornata, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hem. ii. p. 13. 

 Myrmotherula oruata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 235 ; id. Cut. A. B. 



p. 179, pi. XV. ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 81 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 72. 

 Myrmothera rufidorsis, Natt. MS. {teste Pelzeln). 



Above cinereous; lower back bright chestnut, wings and tail 



