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fi. c? ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Bahia. Sclater Coll. 



c. J ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



d. e. 2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Gould Coll. 

 /. (Albino.) S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



8. Formicivora caudata. 



Formicivora caudata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 2-54, pi. 74, et 1855, 

 p. 147 (Boorota), 1858, p. 240, et 1859, p. 142 (Ecuador) ; id. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 182 ; Sd. et Salv. Nomend. p. 72 ; ml. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 525 

 (Antioquia) ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 302 (W. Ecuador). 



Above black with white striations ; centre of cap black ; rump 

 ferruginous red ; wings blackish, edged with rufous, coverts black 

 with white tips ; tail of ten feathers, very long, much graduated, 

 black with white ends : beneath white striated with black ; lower 

 belly and flanks ferruginous : whole length G inches, wing 2*2, 

 tail 3"2. Female similar, but paler, and almost white on the throat 

 and breast. 



Hall. Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. > 



The long tail at once distinguishes this species, which is other- 

 wise something like F. striata. 



a, b. Ad. St. Bogota. Purchased. 



c, d. (S ad. sk. Colombia. Sclater Coll. 



(Types of the species. ) 



e. J ad. ; f,ff. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. (Salmon). 



h. 2jr.sk. IMoiiji, Ecuador (i?;/cA-/f^). Salvin-Godman Coll 



i. Jr. sk. Eio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



y. Jr. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador. L. Fi-aser. 



k. 2 ad. sk. ^'euezuela {Salle). Sclater Coll. 



9. Formicivora genaei. 



Formicivora genei, De Filippi, Cat. Miis. Medial, p. 9 (1847) ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1858, p. 2.39 (S.E. Brazil) ; Sakad. Att. Accad. Torino, 



iii. p. 269 (1868) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 8.3. 

 Formicivora erythrocerca, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 240, pi. 142 (Brazil). 



Above grey varied with black ; cap black, lores and superciliaries 

 white ; dorsal spot white ; lower back ferruginous ; wings black, 

 wing-coverts tipped with white ; tail rufous : beneath greyish white 

 striated with black ; lower bcUy, flanks, and crissuni ferruginous ; 

 whole length 5"5 iuchcs, wing 3*3, tail 2'7. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The rufous tail seems to distinguish this species. 



a. Ad. sk. Brazil. Eyton Coll. (Type of F. erythrocerca.) 



