240 



FouMicAKirn.i';. 



17. Myrmotherula melanogastra. 



Myiotliera fuliyinosa, Liclit. Doiihl. p. 45 (pt.); Max. Beitr. iii. 



■p. lOr.7. 

 Tlianiiiopbilua melanogaster, Spi.v, Ai\ Bras. ii. p. 31, pi. 43. 



^fi^-.l- . . .... 



Formicivora axillaris, Biirm. Si/sf. ZTch. iii. p. /O. 



Myrmo])liila melanogastra, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 13. 



Myrmotherula melanogastra, Peh. Oni. Bras. p. 81 ; 8cl. et Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 72. 



Above cinereous ; winfjs and tail black ; wing-coverts and tail- 

 fcatbers with distinct"- white apical S])ots : beneath cinereous, passing 

 into black in the middle line; flanks greyish white ; under wing- 

 coverts and inner margins of wing-feathers white ; bill and feet 

 black: whole length 4 inches, wing 2-1, tail 1-4. 



Hah. S.E.Brazil. 



a. cJad.sk. Pernambuco, Brazil (Foj-Je.x). Salvin-Godman Coll- 



b,c. cJ ad.sk. Baliia, HvwzW {Wticherer). 8alvin-Godiuan Coll. 



d,e,f, d" ad. sk. S.E.Brazil. ' Sclater Coll. 



18. Myrmotherula menetriesi. 



Myrmothera menetriesii, d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 184. 



Formicivora menetriesi. Cab. Wieg^n. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 226 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 200; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 67 (Ecuador). 

 Myrmotherula menetriesi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 237, et 1860, pp. 67, 



■m (Ecuador) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 180; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. S2 ; Scl. 



■et Salr. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 252 (Venezuela), et 1879, p. 624 (Bolivia) ; 



iid. Nomencl. p. 72 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 144, et 1870, p. 195 



(Veragua) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 530 (C. Beru), et 1882, p. 30 



(N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 45 ; Bouc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 61 



(Costa Ptica) ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 564, 1884, p. 302, et 



1885, p. lOl (W. Ecuador). 

 Myrmophila menetriesi. Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 13. 

 Formicivora schisticolor, Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 172 (Costa 



Rica). 

 iVlvrmotherilla modesta, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 108 (Costa 



Rica). 



Abovfe cinereous ; Wings and tail blackish edged with cinereous, 

 tail sometimes slightly tipped with white : wing-coverts black with 

 white tips : beneath cinereous as above, throat and breast down to 

 middle of belly black ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of wing- 

 feathers more or less white ; bill and feet black : whole length 3-5 

 iiiches, wing 2-4, tail 1-5. Fcvnale. Above greyish olivaceous ; front, 

 sides of head, and rutap slightly rufesceut : beneath fulvous, sides 

 more dusky. 



Hah. Guatemala and Centtal America down to Panama, Colombia, 

 Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



Under this title, which is perhaps somewhat doubtfully ap- 

 plitjable, I place a widely spread species, somewhat similar to 



