22. MYRMECIZA. 281 



7. Myrmeciza ruficauda. 

 Mviothera ruficauda, 3Ia.i: Beitr. iii. p. 1060. 



Myrmeciza ruficauda, Sc/ater, P. Z. ,S. 1858, p. 248; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 186 J Sd. et 8ah\ Nomencl. p. 74. 



Above, head and neck dark grey, with black central spots to the 

 feathers ; lores black ; large dorsal spot at the base white, broadly 

 bordered with black and tipped with einuamomeous ; lower back 

 and wings cinnumomeous brown ; wing-covcrts black, broadly tip])ed 

 with pale fulvous, outer secondaries also tipped with pale fulvous, 

 with a subraarsinul black band ; upper tail-coverts and tail chestnut^ 

 brown, with slight terminal spots of pale fulvous, edged with black 

 on the rectriccs : beneath, throat and neck black ; breast black, the 

 feathers margined with white ; flanks and belly cinnamon-brown ; 

 bill black ; feet yellow : whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2-7, tail 2-l'. 

 Female. Like the male, but above brown with blackish edgings to 

 the feathers of the head and upper back ; throat and breast^pale 

 fulvous, with slight black marginal bauds. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil. 



The shorter tail and the absence of white superciliarics clearly 

 distinguish this species from the two next, with which it has been 

 sometimes confounded. 



a b, c. c? ad. sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer) . Salvin-Godman Coll 



d, e c? ad. ; /. $ S.E. Brazil. Sclater CoU. 



ad. sk. 



g. d ad. sk. S.E. Brazil. Gould Coll. 



8. Myrmeciza squamosa. 



MjTmeciza squamosa, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 87, 162: Sd. et Salv 

 Nojnencl. p. 74; Salv. Cat. Strkkl. Coll. p. 351. 



Above cinnamomeous brown ; lores black ; narrow superciliaries 

 white; large dorsal spot white with a black subapical band ; wings 

 and tail brown ; wing-coverts black, with large rounded white 

 terminal spots ; bend of wing white : beneath, throat and neck 

 black; breast black, the feathers slightly margined with white; 

 abdomen white, flanks and crissum fulvous : bill black ; feet yellow : 

 whole length inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-(]. Female. Similar, but 

 breast-feathers broadlv margined with white. 



Hab. S.E. Brazil. 



The black of the throat extends over the fore neck in the male of 

 this species, and the wing-spots are clear white ; otherwise it 

 closely approaches 31. loriceita. 



a. (S ad. sk. Novo^ Fribourgo, Rio Janeiro Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



( Yenuls). 



b. (5 ad. sk. Ypanema, Brazil (Xatterer). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



c. 2 ad. sk. S.L. Brazil. Purchased. 



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



