254 F0RM1CAIU1DJ3. 



Iti. Formicivora inalura. 



Myiotbi-ra lualura, Temm. PL Col. 'SoS. figs. 1, 2. 



Formicivora nialura, Minetr. Mem. Acad. St. P6tertfb. ser. vi. (Sci. 



Nat.) t. i. p. 406; Scl. P. Z. S. 18o8, p. 241 (S.E. Brazil); Pit. 



Oni. Pras. p. 83 ; Set. ct Sal v. A'omfivcl. p. 72. 

 Ellipiira malura, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 228; Bj^ Co7isp. 



i. p. 200. 



Abovp plumbeous grey ; head and neck blackish with slight 

 white striations ; large dorsal spot white tipped with black ; Avings 

 and tail dark brown, wing-coverts black with white tips: beneath, 

 throat and breast white, with numerous black striations : belly like 

 the back ; under wing-coverts white : whole length 5-5 inches, 

 wing 2-3, tail '3-2. Female somewhat similar, but brownish. 



Bab. S.E. Brazil. 



The long uniformly coloured tail distinguishes this species. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Ypanenia, Brazil {Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



b. (S ad. sk. (imp.). Brazil. Purchased. 



11. Formicivora squamata. 



Myiothera squamata, Licht. Doubl. p. 44 ; Max. Bcitr. iii. p. 1070. 

 Formicivora maculata, Su\ Zvul. Journ. ii. p. 147 ; Menetr. Mem. 



Acad. St. Petersb. ."-^r. vi. (Sci. Nat.) t. i. p. 494, pi. 5. fig. 1. 

 Ellipura squamata, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 220 ; Cab. et 



Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 11 ; Bit. Consp. i. p. 201 ; Bunn. Sj/st. Ueb. 



iii. p. 70. 

 Formicivora squamata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 241 (S.E. Brazil) ; 



id. Cat. A. B. p. 182 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 84 ; Scl. et Salv. Nome7icl. 



p. 72. 



Above black, with round white spots; cap black; sujierciliarics 

 white ; wings black, with large white terminal spots except on pri- 

 maries : tail black, with large white spots on both webs of all the 

 feathers : beneath white, with black shaft-spots : whole length 5'1 

 inches, wing 2-1, tail 2-1. Female similar, but spots on body above 

 ochraceous, and less distinctly spotted beneath ; flanks and crissum 

 fulvous. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The regular spots on all the rectrices distinguish this species. 



fl. $ ad. St. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



b. cS f>d. ; c, d. Bahia, Brazil ( Wi(cherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



e,f. d 2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



;/'. 2 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. • Gould Coll. 



h. (S ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Purchased. 



12. Formicivora boucardi. 



Formicivora boucardii, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 241, 300 (S. Mexico), 

 185'J, p. 55 (Honduras) et p. 383 (S.W. Mexico); id. Cat. A. B. 



