270 FOKMICAKIID.E. 



2. Pyi'iglena atra. 



Prymophila atra, Sic. Zool. Jouru. ii. p. 153. 



l'"onuicivora atra, M&netr. Mem. Acad. St. Petersh. sdr. vi. {Sci. Kat.) 



t. i. p. 505. 

 Pyriglena atra, Cah. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 212 ; Burm. Sijst. 



' Ueb. iii. p. 60 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 246 (Brazil) ; id. Cat. A. 



B. p. 185 ; Cab. et Heiii. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 10 ; Scl. et Salo. P. Z. S. 



1807, p. 576 (L. Amazons), et 1879, p. 025 (Bolivia) ; iid. No- 



mejicl. p. 73 ; Laijard, Ibis, 1873, p. 387 (Para). 

 Foruiicivora maura, Menetr. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. sdr, vi. {Sci. 



Nat.) t. i. p. 500. 

 Pyrigleua maura, Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 85. 



Above and beneath uniform black, large concealed dorsal spot 

 white ; bill and feet black : whole length 6"5 inches, wing 3, tail 

 2-8. Female. Fulvous brown, with a large white dorsal spot ; tail 

 blackish : beneath pale fulvous, tianks and crissum brownish. 



Hal). Lower Amazonia and S.E. Brazil. 



a. (S ad. sk. Para, Lower Amazons ( Wat- Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



lace). 



b. (S ad. sk. Para, Lower Amazons Tweeddale Coll. 



{Layard). 



c. d. J 2 ad. sk. Para, Lower Amazons Sclater Coll. 



(Lai/ard). 



e,f. c? 2 ad. sk. Pernambuco, Brazil (Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g.' (^ ad. sk. Lug. do Gama, Matto Grosso, Sclater Coll. 



Brazil (Natterer). 



h. <5 ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Sclater Coll. 



i. S ad. sk. Brazil. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



3. Pyriglena picea. 



Pyriglena picea. Cab. Wiegm. Arch. xiii. pt. i. p. 212 ; Sclater, 

 'p. Z. S. 1860, p. 279 (Ecuador) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 185 ; £p. 



Cunsp. i. p. 202 ; Scl. et Salv. A'omencl. p. 73 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 5:30 (C. Peru); id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 56; Berl. et Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1883, p. 506, et 1884, p. 302 (W. Ecuador). 

 Formicivora atra, Tsch. Faun. Per., Ares, p. 175, 



Similar to P. atra, but larger ; beak weaker and tarsus longer. 



Bab. Peru and Ecuador. 



I am not satisfied that this species is distinct from P. atra. 



a. c? ad. sk. Santa Kita, Ecuador ( Villagomez). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



