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e. Throat and breast striafed. 



c'. Tail blackish, with broad white end. 



j Tail shorter 7. striata, p. 252. 



] Tail longer 8. caudata, p. 2.>3. 



d'. Tail rufous 9. genan, p. 2-J.3. 



e. Tail dusky brown 10. mnliira, p. 254. 



/'. Tail black, with white cross bands 11. squamata, p. 254. 



B. Upper and under surfaces (of males) black ; 

 tail shorter, less rounded. (Group of F. 

 houcardi.) 

 f. Outer rectrix black with white tip. 

 (/'. Female uniform beneath. 



) Female beneath brighter 12. boucardi, p. 254. 



■j Female beneath darker Vi. consohi'imt, p. 255. 



h'. Female with black throat 14. quixcnsis, p. 250. 



y. Outer rectri.x nearly wholly white 15. bicolor, p. 256. 



1. Formicivora grisea. 



Le grisin de Cayenne, Daub. Fl. Enl. 643. fig. 1. 



Turdus griseus, Bodd. Table d. Fl. Enl. p. 39. 



Motacilla grisea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 964. 



Thamnophilus griseus (S , Spiv, Av. Bras. ii. p. 29, pi. 41. fig. 1 (Para). 



Formicivora nigricoUis, Sw. Zool. Juurn. ii. p. 147 ; Mciiefr. Mem. 

 Acad. St. Feti-rsb. ser. vi. (Sci. Nat.) t. i. p. 482, pi. iii. tig. 1 ( J). 



Myiothera superciliaris, Licht. Doubl. p. 44 ; Max. Beitr. iii. p. 10073. 



Myiothera leucophrys. Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1075. 



Formicivora deluzse, Menetr. Mem. Acad. St. Fetersb. ser. vi. (Sci. 

 Nat.) t. i. p. 484, pi. 5. tig. 2 ( $ ). 



Formicivora grisea, Cab. Wicf/vi. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 225 ; Bp. Consp. 

 i. p. 199; Scluter, F. Z. &' 1858, p. 238; id. Cat. A. B. p. 181; 

 Felz. Orn. Bras. p. 83 ; Sci. et Salv. F. Z. S. 1807, p. 576 (L. Ama- 

 zons) ; iid. Nomcncl. p. 72; Laijard, Ibis, 1873, p. 387 (Para); 

 Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 348 (N.E. Brazil) ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 426 

 (Brit. Ouian.). 



Ellipura grisea, Bicrm. Si/st. Ueb. iii. p. 07. 



Above dark brownish grey ; narrow superciliaries white ; wing- 

 covcrts black, tipped with white ; tail-feathers black, with broad 

 wliite tips : beneath, throat, breast, and middle of belly black ; cris- 

 sum grey ; flanks and under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet 

 black : whole length 4-5 inches, wing 2-2, tail 2. Female. Above 

 like the male, but rather paler : beneath ochraceous ; under wing- 

 coverts white. 



Hah. Guiana and Brazil. 



a, 6. (J 2 ad. sk. Merum6 Mts., Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll, 



( Whitvly). 



c, d. d'^ad. ;e. cJ Quonga, Brit. Guiana Salvin-Godman Coll. 



jr.sk. {Whitely). 



/, y. c? ? ad.sk. Caj-enne. Sclater Coll. 



/(. $ ad. sk. Cayenne. J. Eothery, Esq. [P.]. 



i. 5 ad. sk. Bio Tocantius, Brazil ( Wal- Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



lace). 



j, 1^- 6 9 ad. sk. Para, Brazil (Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



I. 2 'I'l- sk. Peruambuco, Brazil {Forbes). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



