298 FOKJIICAKIID^. 



26. EHOPOTERPE. 



Type. 



Myrmornis, Hermann, Tab. qf. An. p. 188 (1783) . . E. torquata ?* 

 Riiopoterpe, Cab. JViiym. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 227 . . R. torquata. 



This monotj-pe is obviously allied to Forrnicarius, but distinguish- 

 able by its short thick tarsi, short tail, long wings, denuded eye- 

 region, and longer bill. It extends from Guiana to Eastern Ecuador. 



Bill and foot of Rhopoterpe torquata. 



1. Ehopoterpe torquata. 



Le Fourmillier de Cayenne, Daub. PI. Enl. 700. fig. 1. 



Forrnicarius torquatus, Bodd. Table d. PL Enl. p. 43. 



Tardus formicivorus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 828. 



Myrmotbera formicivora, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. GS2. 



Myiotui'dus palikour, Menetr. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. S(5r. vi. {Sci. 



Nat.) t. i. p. 470. 

 Rhopoterpe formicivora, Cab. Wiegin. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 228 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 200. 

 Rhopoterpe torquata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 18o8, p. 275 (Cayenne) ; id. 



Cat. A. B. p. 190 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 90; Scl. et Salr. Nometicl. 



p. 74 ; Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 429 (Brit. Guiana). 



Above olive-brown with slight rufous mottlings ; sides of head 

 with minute white spots ; coucealed dorsal spot white, tipped with 

 black : wings black, coverts terminated with pale fulvous spots, 

 and with a line of small spots of the same colour on the outer webs 

 of the primaries ; tail chestnut-red : beneath grey ; throat and neck 

 black, bordered by an irregular line of white-margined feathers ; 

 flanks dusky ; crissum bright chestnut ; bill black ; feet brown : 

 whole length 5-2 inches, wing 3-7, tail 1-5. Female. Similar, but 

 throat and neck clear ferruginous. 



Hah. Guiana and Ecuador. 



* Hermann proposed Mi/rmornis as an equivalent to " Fourmillier " of Buff on. 

 But this is too vague to render it necessary to use bis term in place oi Uhc-poterpe, 

 I think. 



