13. FOEMICITORA. 251 



ends : beneath, tliroafc, breast, and middle of belly black ; sides of 

 belly and under wing-coverts white ; riaiiks and inner margins of 

 wings brown, like the back, but paler ; bill and feet black : whole 

 -length 5 inches, wing 2-2, tail 2-2. Fan de like the male, but 

 throat, breast, and belly white, with black stripes. 



llab. Jkazil, liolivia, and Peru. 



This is quite a distinct species, easily known from the two former 

 by its reddish-bruwn back, brownish Hanks, and the black beneath 

 being only extended to the middle of the belly. The female is also 

 quite ditierent. 



a. d ad. sk. Peruambiico {Forbes). Sclater Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. IJahia ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 c,d. S 2 ad. sk. Bahia. Sclater Coll. 



e. (S ad. sk. Bahia. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



/. d" ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



y,h. d2ad.sk. Chapada, Matto Grossn. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



t. d ad. sk. Marauura, Peru ( Whiteh/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/, k. d 2 ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



/, m. 2 ad. sk. Oriuoco (?). E. AVilson, Es;j. [P.]. 



d. Formicivora strigilata. 



Myiothera strigilata, Ma.v. Beitr. iii. p. 1064. 



Formicivora strigilata, 3Ienitr. Mem. Acad. St. Pefersb. ser. vi. (Sci. 



Nat.) t. i. p. 4U.3; Scl. P. Z. S. Ia5:^, p. 242 (S.E. Brazil) ; !Sd. 



et Salv. Numencl. p. 72. 



Above clear reddish brown with black stripes ; long suporciliaries 

 white; wings and tail black, with white tips to the wing- and 

 tail-feathers : beneath white, throat and breast black ; tlauks 

 and crissum fulvescent ; under wing-coverts white : whole length 

 5 inches, wing 2-4, tail 2-3. Female similar, but throat white, and 

 a few black stripes on the sides of the breast. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The large size and black throat distinguish this fine species. 



a,b. S2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



c,d. cJ $ ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



5. Formicivora speciosa. 

 Formicivora speciosa, Salv. Ibis, 1876, p. 494 (Puua Island, Ecuador). 



Above olivaceous brown ; cap, na])e, and sides of the head black, 

 traversed by broad and long superciliarics of pale fulvous white ; 

 wings blackish, primaries narrowly edged with white ; outer second- 

 aries and the adjoining coverts pale chestnut on their outer webs; 

 tail blackish, outer webs of the two outer pairs of rectrices and 

 slight tijis of others greyish white: beneath clear ochraceous; 

 throat nearly white, bordered beneath by a well-defined black cer- 

 vical collar ; bill blackish ; feet pale hazel: whole length G inches, 

 wing 2-3, tail 2-.3. Female bimilar, but without the black gorget] 

 and chestnut on wings i)aler. 



Ilah. Western Ecuador. 



