242 



FORMICAKIID-'E. 



fl, b. cT ad. ; c. 



2 ad. sk. 

 d. $ ad. sir. 



e,f. d 2 ad.sk. 

 ff, fl- 6 2 nd. sk. 



d ad. sk. 

 d ad. ; A, 

 /. 5 ad. sk. 

 . S ad. sk. 

 c? ad. sk. 

 c? ad. sk. 

 d ad. sk. 

 cJ ad. sk. 



r. (5 ad. sk. 



Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana 



{Whiiclij). 

 Cainacusa, Brit. Guiana 



( WhiU'hj). 

 C)j'a])oc, Cayenne. 

 Itio C'ajiim, Lower Amazons 



(Wallace). 

 Sarayacii, ]']cuador {Buckley). 

 Eio Napo, Ecuador. 



Rio Napo, Ecuador. 



l!io Napo, Ecuador. 



Bogota. 



Rio Javari. 



Cliamicuros, E. Peru {Haux- 



well\ 

 Brazil (?). 



Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Gould Coll. 



Goidd Coll. 



20. Myrmotherula brevicauda. 



Formicivora brevicauda, Sw. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 148; Scl. P. Z. S, 

 1857, p. 131 (E. Brazil). 



Myrmotherula brevicauda, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 2.37 (S.E. Brazil) ; 

 'id. Cat. A. B. p. 181 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 676 (L. Ama- 

 zons) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 72. 



Myrniojihila brevicauda, Cab.et Hein. Mvs. Hein. ii. p. 12. 



Myrmotherula luctuosa, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 82, 153 ? (Bahia). 



Above cinereous ; wing-coverts black, margined with white ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, with a small black submarginal band which is 

 tipped with white : beneath cinereous as above, a large rounded 

 patch occupying the throat and breast black : under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of wing-feathers white ; tail very short ; bill and 

 feet black: whole length 3-4 inches, wing 1-9, tail 1-1. Fimale. 

 Above brownish olivaceous ; head cinereous ; wings and tail rufes- 

 cent; wing-coverts with small fulvous apical spots : beneath brown- 

 ish olive. 



Hah. S E.Brazil. 



This Brazilian species is easily known by its small size and short 

 tail. 



a. S ad. sk. 



b, c. S ad.; d, $ ad. sk. 

 e. cJ ad. sk. 



S.E. Brazil. 

 S.E. BraziL 

 S.E. Brazil. 



J. Gould, Esq. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Purchased. 



21. Myrmotherula urosticta. 



Formicivora m'osticta, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 130, pi. cxxvi. fig. 1 (E. 



Brazil). 

 Myrmotherula urosticta, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 238 (Brazil) ; id. Cat. 



A. B. ]). 181 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 72. 

 Myrmophila urosticta, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 13. 



