25G FOKMICARIIDiE. 



/(. $ ad. sk. Medellin, Antioqtiia, U. S. C. T. Salmon [C.]. 



i. 5 ad. sic. Antioquia, U. S. C. {Salmon). Sclater Coll. 



./. (^ ad. .«]c. Bogota. Purchased. 



k. $ ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater Coll. 



14. Formicivora quixensis. 



Tliamnopliilus quixensis, Corn. Vert. Syn. p. 12 (c?). 

 Thanmoplnhis rufi venter, Corn. Vert Si/n. p. 12(2). 

 Pyriglena quixensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 112, et 1858, p. CG (Rio 



Napo). 

 r.yriglena rufiventris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 112, et 1858, p. G7 (Rio 



'Napo). 

 Formicivora quixensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 241 (Rio Napo) ; ul. 



Cat. A. B. p. 182; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 186G, p. 56G, et 1873, 



p. 275 (Peru); iid. Nomencl. p. 72; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 51. 



Similar to F. consohrina and F. houmrdi, but with the throat 

 black in the female ; abdomen of female dark chestnut as in 

 F. consohrina : -white tail-ends not quite so broad. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



«. 5 ad. sk. Nauta, Peru. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Bucldey). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c, (I. d 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 

 e,f. cJ 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Purchased. 

 fff'Ji. c? 2 ad. sk. Rio Napo, Ecuador. Gould Coll. 

 i. cJ ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



15. Formicivora bicolor. 



Formicivora bicolor, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 84, 156; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 185, 780 (Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 72 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. ii. p. 50. 



Jet-black above and below ; very large dorsal spot occui)ying 

 nearly the whole back pure white, with black tips to the feathers ; 

 wing-coverts black with round white apical spots ; tail black, outer 

 pair of rectrices white, except at the base, next three pairs with 

 broad white tips ; under wing-coverts white : whole length 4-5 

 inches, wing 2-2, tail 2. Female. Above like the male, but not 

 quite so black ; beneath dark chestnut. 



Hal. Peru. 



The nearly wholly white colour of the outer pair of rectrices 

 distinguishes this species. 



rt. (S ad. sk. Rio Madeira, Brazil (Nattere)'). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen.) 

 h, c. (d 2 ad. sk. Cosnipata, Peru (Whitely). Sclater Coll. 



(I. Jad.sk. Cosuipata, Peru ( KV/zMy). Salvin-Godman Coli. 



