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8. Cercomacra maculicaudis. 



Pvriglona maculicaudis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 247 (Trinidad) ; Laur. 



Ann. Li/c. N. Y. vii. p. 325 (Panama) ; Scl. et Salv. 1\ Z. S. 1864, 



p. 356 (Panama). 

 Cercomacra maculicaudis, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 73. 



Above and beneath black ; dorsal spot, bend of wing, margins of 

 wing-coverts, inner margins of wing-feathers, and broad tips of tail- 

 feathers white ; bill and feet black : whole length 5-7 inches, wing 

 2-8, tail y. 



Hab. Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad. 



a. c? ad. sk. Paraiso Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Huffhes). 



b. (S ad. sk. Panama {McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c-e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



/. (S ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll. (Type of 



the species.) 

 g. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



9. Cercomacra melanaria. 



Formiclvora melanaria, Minetr. Mem. Ac. St. PSt. ser. vi. (Sc. Nat.) 



t. i. p. 500, pi. ix. tig. 2 (1835). 

 Cercomacra melanaria, Pelz. Oni. Bras. p. 85 ; Scl. et Sain. Nomencl. 



p. 73. 



Similar to 0. maculicaudis, but rather larger; bill more com- 

 pressed, and terminal spots on rectrices much smaller : whole length 

 6 inches, wing 2'7, tail 3-1. Female. Above ashy grey, dorsal spot 

 and tips of wing-coverts and tail-feathers white : beneath paler ; 

 middle of belly whitish. 



Bab. Central Brazil. 



a,b. cS 2 ad. sk. Ouyaba, Brazil (Nattere?-). Sclater Coll. (Authentic 



specimens.) 



10. Cercomacra hypomelaena. 



Above dull black ; large dorsal spot, bend of the wing, and slight 

 margins of wing-coverts white : beneath black, lower belly and 

 flanks more cinereous ; under wing-coverts freckled with white ; 

 bill and feet black : whole length 6*2 inches, wing 2-6, tail 2-4. 



Hah. S.E. Peru. 



This species resembles C. melanaria, but is of a rather duller 

 black, and has no white tips to the tail-feathers. 



n. cJ ad. sk. Cosnipata, S.W. Peru Salvin-Godman Coll. (Type 



( Whitehj). of the species.) 



